Poland and Germany on Friday called for continued progress on European Union membership talks for western Balkan states hoping to join the bloc, rejecting France’s position that it shouldn’t accept more members until it handles its own issues.
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(L-R) Prime Minister of Northern Macedonia Zoran Zaev, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, arrive for a press conference at the end of the Western Balkans Summit on July 5, 2019 in Poznan, Poland.