Albania will open the first chapter of European Union membership in Luskemburg on October 15.
The European Council has today set out the agenda of the Inter-Ministerial Meeting where will be discussed on the judicial system, fundamental rights, justice, freedom and security as well as public procurement and financial control.
Albania takes a step forward in membership in the European Union, since its partition from North Macedonia.
Meeting in Luxembourg:
Second Accession Conference with Albania, 15 October 2024
Agenda highlights
The second meeting of the Accession Conference with Albania at ministerial level will be held in Luxembourg on October 15, 2024.
The meeting will serve to open negotiations with Albania on Claster 1: The basics, including the following areas and negotiation chapters:
Functioning of democratic
institutions Public
Administration Reform Chapter 23 – Judiciary and fundamental
rights Chapter 24 – Justice, freedom and security
Economic
criteria Chapter 5 – Public
procurement Chapter 18 – Statistics
Chapter 32 – Financial control
Following the presentation of the revised methodology for 2020 membership negotiations, the negotiating chapters are divided into six thematic groups: Basics; the internal market; Competitiveness and inclusive growth; Green agenda and sustainable connectivity; Resources, agriculture and cohesion; and external relations.
Negotiations for the Bases group open first and close at last. Progress in this group will determine the overall pace of negotiations.