The
European Commission will propose changes to the system for letting new countries into the EU to give existing members more say, in a bid to mollify
France which has vetoed expansion of the bloc to six countries in the Balkans.
In October, President
Emmanuel Macron halted the process of admitting Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia and North Macedonia.
The Commission hopes to persuade France to lift its objections before a Zagreb summit with the Balkan states in May.