July 19 is a historic day for Albania. Official round table talks with the European Union begin today.
On Saturday, the Assembly of North Macedonia accepted the French proposal, thus resolving the impasse with Bulgaria.
Albania received the status of a candidate country in June 2014, in March 2020 the European Council decided to open negotiations for Albania's membership in the EU, and today the negotiation process officially begins with the holding of the first intergovernmental conference.
Yesterday, the Albanian delegation headed by Prime Minister Rama left for Brussels.
What is expected to happen?
The delegation consists of 25 officials, part of the negotiating group with the Union, headed by the Prime Minister and the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs who will sit in front of the representatives of the 27 member countries of the union in the presence of the high representative of foreign policy Josef Borrell, the Commissioner for Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi and the Czech Foreign Minister, the country that holds the next Presidency of the EU.
The representatives of both parties will present the negotiation framework which must be approved. For Albania, this will be the official opening of negotiations.