TIRANA, March 3/ATA/ “Albania has shown political will and ability to take all necessary steps to meet the conditions of the European Union.”
Minister of Justice Etilda Gjonaj was today part of the virtual panel organized by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung together with Katarina Barley, Vice President of the European Parliament and Minister of Justice of North Macedonia Bojan Maricik.
Gjonaj said that in the meeting, “We discussed the mechanisms to ensure the rule of law in the EU and candidate countries, as well as the importance of EU support for the region and the European values while we aspire to join the EU.”
“In this panel, I stressed that Albania has shown political will and ability to take all necessary steps to meet the conditions of the European Union. Justice reform remains one of the most comprehensive justice reforms in the Western Balkans, unprecedented for EU member states,” said Gjonaj.
At the same time, said Gjonaj, “I assessed that it is important that conditions and fulfillment of recommendations are inseparable and that EU countries do not withdraw from their promises, if we meet the conditions.”
“The EU membership process has been a state-building process for Albania and a stabilization process for the region. We are part of Europe geographically, economically, politically and also socially, now is the time to join the European family even formally “, stressed Gjonaj. /j.p/r.e/p.s./
