Europe in turmoil as Macron & new EU Chief Von Der Leyen clash

The new European Commission has yet to be approved, but its president-elect has already locked horns with French President Emmanuel Macron over the future of EU enlargement.

On the 18th of October a six-and-a-half-hour debate on whether to open accession talks with North Macedonia and Albania. Mostly due to French and Dutch opposition, the issue was postponed for another EU summit, under a new Commission and a new Council Presidents.

All eyes are on France, as Emmanuel Macron’s position has so far been the major stumbling block for opening accession talks with North Macedonia and Albania.

Macron has also made it clear in an interview for the Economist that the EU needed to reform its membership procedures, which he said were “no longer fit for purpose”.

 

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