TIRANA, Nov 9 /ATA/ – The Chargé d’Affaires of the EU Delegation to Albania, Ambassador Luigi Soreca handed over to the Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku the European Commission’s 2023 Albania Progress Report on Thursday.
Speaking at a joint press conference with the Deputy PM Balluku, Ambassador Soreca noted that this year’s enlargement package takes place in a particular context, which is underpinned by two very important political developments on the continent.
“First, enlargement is firmly back on the EU’s political agenda, in a rapidly changing geopolitical environment, to which the EU as a whole has reacted firmly, together with its most important partners, including Albania,” he said.
“There is now a renewed consensus that a credible, merit-based enlargement is the key driver of transformation, and thus enhances our collective security and socio-economic prosperity,” Soreca noted.
“As President Von der Leyen said yesterday when presenting the enlargement package, we must respond to the call of history, and work on accelerating EU enlargement and completing the Union,” he added.
“The second key driver is the recognition that economic convergence is an essential element in getting Albania and the other Western Balkan countries closer to the EU,” the EU Ambassador stated.
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