Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte is not in favour of Ukraine and a number of Balkan states joining the European Union in 2030 as a certainty, he told reporters on the fringes of the European Political Community summit in Grenada, Spain on Thursday. Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia and six western Balkan countries are all hoping to join the block and European …
Plans for six Balkan states to join the European Union were put on hold on Wednesday amid mounting fears over replicating the flood of cheap migrant labour into Britain that helped fuel the Brexit vote. EU leaders refused to commit to welcoming Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Kosovo and Albania into the bloc before 2030 because of concerns it would …
