How to deal with our Western Balkan neighbours?
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North Macedonia and Albania wanted to start negotiations with the EU after having been candidate countries since 2005 and 2014. But the enlargement plans seemed to have stalled especially after opposition from France.
Host Mark Leonard is joined by Susi Dennison, José Ignacio Torreblanca and Vessela Tcherneva to get to the bottom of things and the divisions particularly between France and Germany on this issue.
The podcast as recorded on 17 October 2019.
Bookshelf:
- The Age of Surveillance Capitalism” by Shoshana Zuboff
- “Spring” by Ali Smith
- “The light that failed” by Ivan Krastev & Stephen Holmes
- “State of the Union” Miniseries on BBC Two
