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EU officials will arrive on Friday in Sofia with a compromise solution to overcome the Bulgarian veto against North Macedonia starting accession negotiations, former Bulgarian foreign minister Ekaterina Zaharieva announced, warning that their proposal is against the Bulgarian interest. Read more.
At the same time, Croatia’s President Zoran Milanovic on Thursday said North Macedonia has fulfilled all the democratic conditions to open EU accession talks, but it is constantly being “kicked” around, after Sofia criticised his statements about Bulgaria’s policy on that EU membership aspirant. Read more.
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EU PRESIDENCY
Conclusion of CAP reform a ‘priority’, Portuguese agriculture minister says. Portuguese Agriculture Minister Maria do Céu Antunes has reiterated that the goal of completing the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) during the Portuguese presidency of the Council of the EU to “ensure a greener and more resilient agri