2 minutes agoAlbania opens membership negotiations for first group with EU today
Periskopi(2 years ago)
(2 years ago)Today, October 15th, is expected to mark a historic step for our country in terms of travel to the European Union. Albania will open negotiations with the EU for the first group of chapters. The agreement of 6 Western Balkan leaders with the EU for the Berlin Process was signed yesterday (14 October), where Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama was present. [...]
Today, October 15th, is expected to mark a historic step for our country in terms of travel to the European Union.
Albania will open negotiations with the EU for the first group of chapters. The agreement of 6 Western Balkan leaders with the EU for the Berlin Process was signed yesterday (14 October), where Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama was present.
The meeting, to be held in Luxembourg, will be attended by government leader Edi Rama himself, along with the team representing Albania.
From today, the first chapter begins and reviews of the group, one of the most important, after affecting essential areas such as justice, judiciary, functioning of democratic institutions, public procurement or public administration reform. In this group, as is also called ʹbazazas / or ʹememorators, it includes public procurement, statistics, and financial control.
This chapter group opens first and closes at the end of the integration process. Progress in this group will determine the overall pace of negotiations. Meanwhile, today also marks the holding of the second EU-Albanian Intergovernmental Conference.
Albania applied for EU membership in April 2009 and was granted EU candidate status in June 2014. The EU held its first intergovernmental conference with Albania in July 2022.
First chapter for which Albania opens negotiations
-Function of democratic institutions
- Public administration reform
- Chapter 23 - Judiciary and Basic Rights
Chapter 24 is justice, freedom and security.
- Economic criteria.
- Chapter 5 . Public procurement.
-Chapter 18 Statistics
-Chapter 32 Financial Control
Team representing Albania tomorrow in Luxembourg
Prime Minister Edi Rama
Foreign Minister Igli Hasani
Chief negotiator Majlinda Dukka
Ambassador Ferit Hoxha
Deputy Foreign Minister Maggie Fino
Deputy Justice Minister Teddy Tob
Deputy Interior Minister Besfort Laundari
Director of European Co-operation in Foreign Ministry
DAP Director
INSTAT Director Elsa Dhuli
Public Procurement Agency Director Reida Kashta
Department of Policy and Integration to Prime Minister
