Skeptics and the dangers for status

“According to the integration game rules, such as the European Commission, we believe that the basis of the decision will be this report and that areas that it covers, which were part of the decision making in December”, Elezi declared.

The Dutch Ambassador to Tirana, Martin De La Bej, declared that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is planning a government proposition that will be presented to the Parliament on June 17th.

Elezi and Ambassador De La Bej released these comments during the presentation of the annual poll for Albania’s European perspective, organized by the Institute of International Studies.

Based on this poll, the support of the Albanian people for the European Union has fallen from 85% that it was in 2013, to 77% in 2014.

37.6% of the people who were interviewed say that the blame for the refusal of the status in 2013 goes on the government, 29.8% say it goes on the political parties, and 13.7% say it goes on all European Union governments. 49.1% have said that they expect Albania to receive the status in June, 28.3% have voted “no”.

Tirana lobbying for the status

The British Minister for European Matters at the Foreign Office in London, David Lidington, received the Albanian Minister of Integration, Klajda Gjosha, who is attending a visit in Britain to lobby for British support.

Britain and France are the last countries that have not declared their final stance on the issue.

The correspondent of Top Channel in London met with Minister Gjosha after her meeting at the British Foreign Office. Gjosha declared that there has been no final decision from Britain.

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