TIRANA 19 May – The report on the process of Albania’s accession to the European Union was approved by an overwhelming majority in the European Parliament, announced the rapporteur for Albania in the EP, Isabel Santos on Thursday.
Showing the results displayed on the voting panel, where 519 deputies out of 599 deputies voted in favor, Santos stressed that it is time to start Albania’s negotiations with the European Union.
“My report on the process of Albania’s accession to the European Union was just approved by the plenary session of the European Parliament by an overwhelming majority. Europe can not disappoint the Albanian people and a country that has tried to implement all the necessary steps for accession. Time to move on to formal negotiations,” Santos wrote on social networks.
The Rapporteur for Albania, Santos presented the findings regarding the country’s progress in the integration process and called for the immediate holding of the First Intergovernmental Conference between Albania and the European Union within the French Presidency of the European Council during the EP plenary session.
The representative of the European Commission, Didier Reynders stressed the determination in fulfilling the conditions by Albania for holding the First Intergovernmental Conference, and requested the holding of the First Intergovernmental Conference with Albania as soon as possible. /Argumentum.al
