TIRANA, Jan 16 /ATA/ The bilateral meeting with the European Commission on the functioning of democratic institutions was held on Monday in Brussels.
This meeting was attended by the Minister of State and Chief Negotiator of Albania with the European Union, Majlinda Dhuka, the Vice Chair of the European Integration Commission, Etilda Gjonaj, the Ambassador at the Mission of the Republic of Albania to the European Union, Suela Janina, Deputy Minister of Justice, Adea Pirdeni, the Chair of AMA, Armela Krasniqi, as well as senior representatives from the administration of the Assembly, CEC, AMA and civil society.
Gjonaj, as a representative of the Parliament at the political level, presented the main developments in terms of democratic processes and the role of the Albanian Parliament in the European integration process.
During her presentation, Gjonaj focused on the context, the internal legislative framework and the approach to Copenhagen criteria and EU standards, the functions and responsibilities of the assembly and their implementation.
She guaranteed from the beginning of her presentation the political will and the commitment of all structures to the European integration process, considering the role of the Parliament as an added value in the acceleration of the European integration process.
Gjonaj underscored the main results of the activity of the Assembly in terms of legislation, monitoring and the appointment of heads of a number of independent institutions, focusing on the most important reforms that have been undertaken by the Assembly, such as justice reforms, electoral reforms, as well as in the applicability of the decisions of the Constitutional Court.
She also outlined the latest initiative of the Assembly through the ad hoc parliamentary committee for the review of the law on the role of the Assembly in the process of European integration, underlining the cooperation and involvement of the opposition, political actors and civil society in the European agenda, which prevails on political agendas.
This working meeting proceeded with the presentations and reports from the CEC, AMA and civil society.
The representatives of the Albanian delegation at this meeting answered the questions that were asked after each presentation.
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