FILE PHOTO: National Macedonian flags flutter in front of the government building in Skopje, Macedonia June 12, 2018. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - France and the Netherlands are holding out against European Union plans to allow membership talks with Albania and Macedonia over concerns the decision could further stoke anti-immigration sentiment in the bloc, EU diplomats said.
With broad support for membership talks from other EU governments and the European Commission, Albania and Macedonia hope Europe ministers will agree the go-ahead at a meeting on Tuesday in Luxembourg, which EU leaders would support at a summit on Thursday.
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