The Guardian
EU summit with western Balkan leaders to reaffirm membership prospects
Macron, Merz and von der Leyen among those due to gather in Montenegro for talks on integration of six countries European leaders will seek to show six western Balkan countries that they have a real chance of joining the EU one day…
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