TIRANA – Former Member of the European Parliament and Rapporteur for Albania from 2014 to 2019 Knut Fleckenstein has been appointed as the Adviser on European Integration to the Speaker of Parliament, Gramoz Ruçi.
“Happy to start working towards full EU membership of Albania. Albanian Parliament is playing an important role in this process. Thanks to the president of Parliament for his confidence. Looking forward to Cooperation with all Albanian stakeholders,” Fleckenstein wrote on Twitter on Friday.
In an immediate reaction the chairman of the ruling Socialist Party’s parliamentary group, Taulant Balla welcomed Fleckenstein’s appointment.
“Welcome back Knut Fleckenstein to work together on fulfilling our EU membership duties. The Albanian Parliament remains committed to working closely, approving and implementing reforms, in coordination with our key partners such as the US and the EU and especially with the US Embassy in Tirana,” Balla said./argumentum.al
