EU ambassadors on Wednesday agreed on a draft text that would see the bloc open accession talks with Albania and North Macedonia, although it was watered down to remove mention of a date for doing so
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The launch of accession talks requires unanimity but if it does get backing, it would be a turnaround from October when the EU vetoed the opening of the discussions at the insistence of France, and with the backing of the Netherlands and Denmark.
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