EC: No deadline for laws

20/11/2012 00:00

The European Commission will report to the member countries only when
Albania will have fulfilled the conditions set on the report progress,
and the Commission hasn’t given any final date, such as 1920 November,
that were mentioned so often by the politicians in Tirana.

In an interview for Top Channel, Peter Stano, the Spokesperson of the Commissioner for Enlargement, Stefan Fule, declared that the Commission’s report doesn’t depend from the external deadlines, but the results that Albania has to deliever. According to the Commission, the only deadline is to fulfil the conditions as soon as possible, together with proofs of war against crime and corruption.

Top-Channel: “Will the Commission plan a report for the member countries about what has been made or not in Albania so far?

Peter Stano: I think that the roadmap or the timeline has been outlined clearly in the progress report. The Commission has stated what is expected by Albania, so that they can be able to recommend the candidate status. We will do it as soon as the necessary progress will be reached. We have already said that in this phase there are three key points: the reforms in the public administration, judiciary and the parliamentary procedures. The Commission will prepare the report only when they will be realized. It depends on the fact that we can make the report only after the results will be delivered. We will send this report to the Council, without taking in consideration the external time timeline. When we will present this report on the three issues that I mentioned, we will see what efforts were made to fight the corruption and organized crime.

Top Channel: So, for the Commission there is no given date for when this report should be delievered?

Peter Stano: As for the timelines, the only thing that I can say is that Albania has no time to lose. We are expecting them to deliver all expectations that were formulated recently in the progress report, as soon as possible. This is on the best interest of the Albanian people. We, as a Commission, are focused only on the delivery. And it’s not only the European Commission observing Albania in its path, so that it can deliver these expectancies and priorities, but there are also the member states that will decide in the end. It’s the European Union that is watching Albania’s performance, and the decisions will be taken according to this performance.

Prepared by: ERNEST BUNGURI

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