The European Union Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi, recommended on Wednesday that Bosnia and Herzegovina should be given the status of a candidate country for EU membership. Whereas for Albania he said that further efforts remain necessary in the key areas of the rule of law, for North Macedonia he emphasized that the fight against corruption must continue and further efforts are needed in the field of public administration reform.

In the presentation of the 2022 enlargement package by the European Committee, on Wednesday, Commissioner Varhelyi recalled that EU membership negotiations have started with Albania...