Rikard Jozwiak, Brussels reporter of Radio Free Europe wrote on Twitter that not everyone was happy to add Albania and Macedonia to the EUCO dinner agenda.

French President Emmanuel Macron last night and German Chancellor Angela Merkel this morning lowered hopes ahead of the start of the EU summit that Macedonia could get a date for start of negotiations.

Chances for reaching a consensus at the EU Summit to set date for opening negotiations with N. Macedonia and Albania are not good, German Chancellor Angela Merkel told the Bundestag on Thursday, Deutsche Welle reports.