Foreign media: France Blocked Tyranean, Skopje

France's opposition to opening negotiations with Albania and Macedonia is the top language of international media.

Reuters and the Financial Times write that “Finance is at the centre of the attack due to the historic error of blocking Balkan hopes for the European Union. ”

In particular, in the center of the attack is President Emmanuel Macron.

“Night dinner at the summit, all except Macroni, supported the opening of negotiations with northern Macedonia, which is deemed to have met European Union criteria with reforms and the closure of the conflict with neighbours on the issue of the name”, Reuters writes.

“The entry of Albania and Northern Macedonia into the EU, Macron disappoints his allies” is the title of the Huffington Post article.

The paper mentions Chancellor Angela Merkel and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, who called France's president's stance disappointing a serious historical “ ”.

Even the BBC, the BBC, starts the article on this issue with its attention to the anger of senior EU officials after a small part of the member states led by France blocked Albania and Northern Macedonia from starting membership talks.

Politico sees the decision on the dyvergence between France, which has been able to attract Holland and Denmark and the other bloc of most EU member states, which support Germany.

It quotes European Council President Donald Tusk, who said: “I want to be very clear: Northern Macedonia and Albania should not be blamed for this”.

The divisions between Merkel and Macron also point out that, although, in their speeches at the end of the European Council Summit, they tried to show a united front for EU affairs, differences in thought were obvious.

American President Washington Post writes the non-recognition of European leaders for opening membership negotiations for the two countries is an embarrassing attraction that could irritate the region.