The EU has been roundly chastised by Western Balkan politicians for neglecting to initiate membership discussions with their countries.
On the second day of the "Restoring the Synergy between the EU and the US for the Western Balkans," Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, North Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti, and Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic attended the Prespa Dialogue Forum in Ohrid, North Macedonia.
Rama chastised the EU, claiming that its citizens are more despondent and enraged than those in the Western Balkans.
"We don't need to say to people from Europe anymore: 'Listen, if you don't take us, someone else will, a third actor will come to us," said Rama.
He also made analogies with expressions insulting the EU.
"No! Forget it! I don't want to express myself ‘we are angry, depressed' anymore. No, we are not angry, we are not depressed, they, those in the European Union, are more depressed, angrier than we are. So let's not talk about anger and depression, " he said.
