Protesters demonstrate against an agreement that would ensure the wider official use of the Albanian language in Skopje, Macedonia March 21, 2017. Reuters/Ognen Teofilovski
SKOPJE (Reuters) - Macedonia needs to rise above political feuding and form a government as soon as possible to unblock the Balkan country's path to European Union membership, the EU said on Tuesday.
An EU summit earlier this month placed the Balkans high on its agenda to show that despite lingering ethnic tensions and the scars from wars fought in the 1990s, the region is a priority for the European Union, particularly with Russia seeking to increase its influence there.
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