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	Podcast:		Talking Europe
	Episode:		EU-Western Balkans summit: A new impetus for EU enlargement?
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:12:19
	Publish Date:		2022-12-02 13:44:42
	Description:		European Parliament President Roberta Metsola is urging the EU to send a strong signal to the Western Balkans at an upcoming summit in Albania on December 6. "Young people from those countries are hungry for the EU," she says, and the EU "should not turn away from them". But as several of those countries sat in the waiting room for years, disillusionment set in. This summer, Albania and North Macedonia did start accession talks, but questions remain as to whether enlargement really is a priority for the EU. We discuss what's at stake with two MEPs.
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