EU's Juncker says blocking membership for North Macedonia and Albania ‘a historic error’

• European Union's failure to agree on starting talks with North Macedonia and Albania.
• the veto at an EU summit on starting accession talks with the two Balkan countries was a "mistake".

He was echoed by European Council President Donald Tusk, who said the veto at an EU summit on starting accession talks with the two Balkan countries was a "mistake".