Albania, officially EU candidate country

Right after the decision, the Commissioner for Enlargement, Stefan Fule, who was present in the European Council meeting, wrote the confirmation message in English and Albanian, on his Twitter account.

“Congratulations for the candidate status, approved by the Ministers. Recognition of the efforts for reforms, encouragement for more”, Fule wrote.

The conclusions of the European Council for Albania also underline that the decision in favor of the status was taken after verifying the constant progress in our country. The Council underlines that Albania must act with determination for all recommendations of the European Commission report.

The Council underlines the public administration reform, the judiciary, the fight against organized crime and corruption.

“It is important for Albania to implement its anti-corruption strategy, to establish a stable track record of investigations, criminal prosecution and corruption or organized crime cases”, emphasize the Foreign Ministers of the EU.

The Council declares that it is important for Albania to reinforce the independence, transparency and accountability of the judiciary, to offer security to local and foreign investors.

In the conclusions published by the council, the last point is the encouraging of Albania to stop the migratory fluxes towards the EU countries, by respecting the visa free regime agreement.

Venizellos: Albania deserved it

Greek Foreign Minister speaks about an unanimous decision for the status

Evangellos Venizellos, the Foreign Minister of Greece, the country that holds the presidency of the EU, declared that Albania deserved the candidate status.

“The status is important not only for Albania, but also for Western Balkan, the stability and the Euro-Atlantic future of the countries in our region”, Venizellos declared.

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