EC: Albania at a crossroad

This is the conclusion of the Head of Unit for Albania and Montenegro at the Directory for Enlargement, Marta Garcia Fidalgo, during the inter-parliamentary meeting that was held yesterday in Brussels. Top Channel secured a part of the final messages that were given out of the public eye. The Albanian representatives were valued for their civilized behavior, despite the prolonged crisis of the two-year debate about free votes.

“The role of the Commission is only to ease the process. But it is not us who will do it. We cannot help you if you don’t help us. We referred the Progress Report during the entire meeting, but we have done this in other meetings too. The Commission has its hands tied. The Progress Report is only a real tableau. The reality is made by you, we only make the tableau. There’s nothing more than this. If you want another tableau, change the reality. My direct comment for you would be: try to be politically generous with your self, your parliamentary group and for the generations to come. Make real the dream of being full EU members. This is up to you. You are in a key moment, at a crossroad, and it is up to you to chose the way that you will be following”, Fidalgo declared.

“My personal thanks go to all of you. You kept your word. As you know, I asked you to not be harsh and to not hurt anyone, but to be civilized, to avoid personal offences. And I thank you for this. I wish you all the best. You do not return in Tirana with a pre-made receipt to solve the problems, because that would be too much. But at least I think that this is useful”, underlined Eduard Kukan, head of the European Parliament delegation for Balkan.

The next meeting between the Albanian Parliament members and those of the European Union is set in 24 and 25 November, in Tirana.

Prepared by: Arta Tozaj

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