Emmanuel Macron urges EU to give vaccine support to neighbouring countries

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic , left, and French President Emmanuel Macron talk to the media (Michel Euler/PA)

French President Emmanuel Macron urged the European Union to better help its European neighbours in the race to get Covid-19 vaccines, ahead of a meeting in Paris with Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic.

Mr Macron, speaking from the Elysee presidential palace, acknowledged France and Europe “could have been more present” by Serbia’s side, in an apparent response to earlier criticism from Mr Vucic.