BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Albania and North Macedonia have done enough to merit starting negotiations to join the European Union, the EU's executive said on Monday, opening the way for France to lift its freeze on the aspirations of the two Balkan states.
French President Emmanuel Macron, who blocked the opening of talks with Skopje and Tirana in October, said last month he was willing to allow them to begin membership talks if the European Commission gave them a positive review in March.
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