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Editorial: Neighbors to the rescue: why focusing on bilateral relations might save the EU perspective

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TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL There is a flurry of high level meetings taking place between the Prime Ministers of the two countries that took a hard hit on their EU perspective after the refusal to open the accession negotiations, Albania and North Macedonia and their immediate EU neighboring countries Italy and Greece. Indeed both Greece and Italy are consistent supporters of the EU integration process of the Western Balkans region first and foremost because they have clear vested interest in the EU future of Albania and North Macedonia for both stability and development purposes. A lot is at stake for the…

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