The summit before the summit should be more than just a photo appointment: The meeting today, Wednesday, offers the opportunity to „reconfirm the key importance of the strategic partnership between the EU and the Western Balkans,“ writes EU Council President Charles Michel in his invitation letter. Despite budget problems, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz plans to travel home to meet his counterparts from Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Albania, Kosovo and Bosnia-Herzegovina ahead of the EU summit.