The British Prime Minister, David Cameron, explained their hesitation for Albania’s candidacy after the 2-day European summit.
After mentioning the meeting with Prime Minister Rama, Cameron explained that the European Union should take lessons from the recent enlargements and make better rules for the membership transitory rules.
“We are not supporting Albania’s candidate status now. As you remember, there are still some steps that néed to be taken before becoming a member.
I have met the Albanian Prime Minister, and he has made plenty of efforts for the reforms in is country. But I think that further steps are needed before the candidate status is more adequate.
These steps should be used with sincerity, to encourage the country for more measures against corruption, organized crime, for the necessary legal practices and the rule of law.
As I said, this is a chance for the European Union accession process to turn into a good policy and we need to make sure that this will happen in Albania.
We are in favor of the enlargement, but when we see the future, I don’t want to see the mass movements of people as we have seen. We should learn from history.
Enlargement has been a success. The transitory control was a success, but not when it was being used by the countries, and I think that we should go one step further for a stronger transitory control”, Cameron declared.
The transitory period is implemented during seven years that continue with the membership of a country in the European Union. It foresees the access of the workforce in an gradual way, according to the specializations, for the European market.
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