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While Edi Rama is in Brussels to close three chapters of negotiations, MEPs from the 5 Star Movement are calling for a halt to enlargement, warning that the membership of new countries will come at a heavy cost to Italy's poorest regions.
As Albania marks another step in negotiations with the European Union, not everyone in Brussels views the enlargement process with enthusiasm.
On the day of the 9th Albania-EU Intergovernmental Conference to close the three chapters of negotiations, the Italian 5 Star Movement has openly come out against the pace at which the European Union is advancing with candidate countries, including Albania.
MEPs Danilo Della Valle and Valentina Palmisano stated that the four accession conferences for Ukraine, Moldova, Montenegro and Albania are taking place " without sufficient reflection on the consequences that this process will have for Southern Italy ".
According to them, a study published by Centro Europa Ricerca shows that EU enlargement would cause large losses of European funds for Italian regions.
Sardinia, according to the study, would lose 58% of the funds it currently benefits from the European Union, Campania 32%, Sicily 29%, Puglia 31% and Marche 47%, while Calabria, Abruzzo, Molise and Basilicata would also be significantly penalized.
" We are not prejudiced against enlargement, but we urge caution to avoid economic consequences on the poorest regions of Europe ," the two MEPs declared.
They warned that cohesion funds and the Common Agricultural Policy constitute the financial engine of the European Union and that this mechanism risks not functioning properly if enlargement is not accompanied by compensatory measures.
The statement comes on the very day that Prime Minister Edi Rama is in Brussels to formalize the closure of chapters 25, 26 and 30 of the negotiations, which relate to science and research, education and culture, as well as foreign relations.
Although the technical process of negotiations is moving forward, the reaction of the 5 Star Movement shows that enlargement does not enjoy unconditional support among all European political forces.
The debate is now not only related to the fulfillment of reforms by candidate countries, but also to the financial cost that enlargement may have for current member states, especially for regions that benefit from billions of euros in EU funds.
This means that, even after Albania closes the technical negotiation process, the political phase of membership is expected to be equally challenging, as the final decision requires the approval of all 27 member states and faces increasingly strong debates about the economic effects of enlargement. / Pamphlet
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