By bne IntelliNews EU leaders called for the accelerated accession of the Western Balkans countries to the EU as they sought to reassure the six countries in the region that their future is inside the bloc at a one-day summit on December 6. The first EU summit organised outside the bloc — in the Albanian capital Tirana — took place almost 10 months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The invasion reignited the enlargement process, as EU leaders sought to counter Russian influence in the Western Balkans. In the declaration adopted at the summit, the EU “reconfirms its full and unequivocal commi…