BRUSSELS, Oct 17 /ATA/ – Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said in Brussels on Thursday “the rules can’t be changed half-way through the game” as he commented on the demands calling for a revision of the methodology of EU accession negotiations before approving their start with North Macedonia and Albania.
“The new revised enlargement methodology, suggested primarily by France, will bring the negotiations being conducted by Serbia and Montenegro into a different position and also perhaps those conducted by North Macedonia and Albania, and we can only imagine what will happen with Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo. This should be discussed, but changing rules along the way isn’t good,” Plenkovic said ahead of the EU summit.
“The meeting of heads of state or government will discuss a proposal to set a date for opening accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania. This is an unusual occurrence as enlargement is usually dealt with at lower levels, ambassadorial or possibly ministerial,” the Croatian PM stated.
“The European Commission clearly recommended for the formal start of the accession negotiations and this is the right moment to do so. We believe this is a matter of credibility of the whole process,” Plenkovic said, reiterating that Croatia supports opening of the accession negotiations with both countries.
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