North Macedonia: Bulgaria maintains veto

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz tried his best to persuade Sofia to abandon its blockade of accession talks with North Macedonia. Finance Minister Vassilev has now rejected the hoped-for solution ahead of Thursday’s summit.

The Bulgarian government does not see a quick solution to the dispute over EU accession talks with North Macedonia, despite intensive mediation efforts by Germany and France. „The Bulgarian position hasn’t changed,“ Deputy Head of Government and Finance Minister Assen Vassilev told Europe.Table. He does not see an agreement by the EU-Western Balkans summit on Thursday, Vassilev said.

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