5 minutes agoNetherlands blocks opening negotiations with Albania
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)The Netherlands will block the opening of negotiations with Albania for EU membership, this is news coming from the Dutch news agency “De Telegraaf”, which reports that this is also the message that most of the House of Representatives will carry through the government to the rotating meeting of EU foreign ministers. “We have one [...]
“We have a serious concern about the fight against corruption and organised crime in Albania”, stated Foreign Minister Stephanus Abraham Block, but still the Netherlands has not closed the doors to Albania, reports De Telegraaf”, which adds that this is also why parties V VD, CDE, CU, PVV, SP and 50Plus are collecting votes to prevent the government from accepting the opening of negotiations with our country.
CDA MP Van Helvert accepts the growing influence of Russia and China in the Western Balkans, but according to him this fear cannot be a criterion for opening negotiations.
Helvert, reports “De Telegraaf”, acknowledges progress in Albania, but Vetting's poor performance is not convincing about opening negotiations, kp broadcasts.
There is progress in Albania, such as reform in the judiciary, but out of 800 judges only 10 have been tested. And with that you can't say that the country is ready for opening negotiations”, CDA deputy Van Helvert has said.
According to “De Telegrain”, only D66 and GroenLinks agree to open negotiations with Albania and Macedonia. The parties, which believe the two Balkan states will better care for rule of law, access to crime and the fight against corruption if they have a clear prospect of accession.
“Negotiations do not mean they can join,” has declared D66 MP Verheven, adding that the move is not at all hasty.
