Speaking at a press conference after the second meeting of the Accession Conference between Albania and the European Union in Luxembourg, marking the opening of the first negotiation Cluster: Fundamentals with Albania, Commissioner Várhelyi noted that real work on negotiating the conditions for Albania to become a EU member begins today.

“Today, you are celebrating a very important decision.It means that now the road is open for the substantive negotiations, meaning that now we will negotiate the conditions on which Albania is going to be a member of the European Union. This is what is happening today,” the Commissioner said.

He highlighted the fact that Hungary started its presidency of the European Union by setting EU enlargement as a top political priority and by strongly pushing for the institutional process and take the accession negotiations forward.

“Enlargement is definitely one of the three top priorities for the EU and its leaders. Without enlargement, Europe cannot grow stronger. We will need enlargement for the EU to get stronger, compared to where we started in 2019. We have a long way to go,” the Commissioner stated.

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