Sassoli disappointment at failure to start talks with North Macedonia

The European Parliament President David Sassoli has hit out at the failure to five the green light to EU accession talks starting with Albania and North Macedonia. North Macedonia, in particular, had strongly lobbied recently for talks to start. But EU leaders at the summit in Brussels failed to agree. Sassoli, an Italian Socialist, told this website…

EPP Group Wants To Redefine Relations With Turkey

EU Turkey Relations

The European Parliament has adopted the European Commission’s revised report on Turkey. Once called the ‘Progress report on Turkey’, the document is now just the ‘Turkey 2018 report’. This means that in the eyes of Europe, Turkey has regressed, not made progress towards its ambitions to join the EU. “Turkey is an important neighbour of…