EU Ministers approve Albania’s accession negotiations

It is unknown if there will be a final approval, however, since the leaders of the main European countries have different views on enlargement.

But the draft of conclusions, prepared for the meeting of Foreign Ministers, on June 26^th, two days before the meeting of the Heads of States, will propose opening the accession negotiations with our country.

“Keeping in mind the above-mentioned preparation, and the progress with the five key priorities, the Council decides to support opening the accession negotiations with Albania”, the document says.

However, no date will be given for the expected accession. The document underlines the critical necessity of Albania to further consolidate the progress made so far with the judicial reform, especially through the Vetting Law, and produce other visible results in the fight against corruption, in all levels; Albania also needs more results in fighting the organized crime, especially drug cultivation and drug traffic, keeping and deepening the current momentum of the reform.

The Council appeals the European Commission to keep supervising Albania’s reform before the first inter-government conference. The Council invites the Commission to start its preparations”, the draft says.

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