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However, the report calls for the intensification of reforms in the fight against corruption and organized crime, emphasizing the importance of these efforts to advance in the European integration process.
The European Commission has published the report with recommendations for the improvement of several areas in Albania, as well as assessments of the achievements in important reforms.
The report emphasizes the country's commitment to membership in the European Union and progress in reforms such as justice and the vetting process.
In the report, the Commission welcomes the opening of negotiations on the core group during the second intergovernmental conference held on October 15, considering this event a key moment on the road to membership.
However, the report calls for the intensification of reforms in the fight against corruption and organized crime, emphasizing the importance of these efforts to advance in the European integration process.
" In Albania, the authorities have consistently stated their strong political commitment to EU integration as the country's top strategic priority and have maintained a high level of ambition to move forward in membership negotiations. Albania has continued to make progress in reforms under the core group, especially in the comprehensive reform of justice and the vetting process, the completion of which in the first instance is inevitable, through good results in anti-corruption cases and increasing its capacities in investigations financial. against organized crime. Albania's active engagement during its mandate as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council until the end of 2023, as well as its record of full alignment with the common and external security policy of the EU- testify to its strategic choice for EU membership and the role of a reliable international partner.
After the first intergovernmental conference on accession negotiations in July 2022, the review sessions for all six groups of the EU acquis were completed in November 2023. At the end of 2023, the Commission presented to the Council the assessment report of the opening standards, where it concluded that Albania had met the requirements for opening negotiations for the core group. The Commission welcomes the opening of negotiations on the core group at the second intergovernmental conference held on 15 October, which marked a key moment on the road to membership. The Commission also supports the opening of negotiations on Group 6 – External Relations by the end of the year if the positive trend continues. The Albanian government signaled its objective of closing membership negotiations by the end of 2027 and the Commission is ready to support this ambitious objective. To this end, it is essential that the authorities further intensify the pace of EU-oriented reforms, especially in the rule of law, consolidating the past in law enforcement, in the effective fight against corruption and organized crime, and promoting fundamental rights, including media freedom, property rights and minorities. "- said in the report.
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