Balkan State’s EU Entry Talks Hang on Bulgarian Political Crisis

European Union leaders will resolve an impasse over opening accession talks with North Macedonia once its neighbor Bulgaria resolves its political limbo, the bloc’s special envoy to the western Balkans said.

Miroslav Lajcak said starting negotiations with the former Yugoslav republic, whose accession path is being held up by Bulgaria in a dispute over North Macedonia’s name, the origin of its language and the two nation’s shared history, remained a “priority” for EU leaders.