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“This isn’t pro-European rhetoric,” added Rama. For freedom, the rule of legislation, and democracy, it’s essential that Albania turns into a member of the European Union, he stated. “The Western Balkans want the European Union. Now we have no plan B.”
If Albania weren’t to decide on to hitch the EU, in accordance with Rama, “it’s the identical as giving up our lifestyle. Now we have lastly chosen, after enduring centuries of darkness beneath empires and regimes that have been imposed on us. Our historical past has taught us the toughest method that can not be discovered and assured exterior the realm of the EU.”
“Sadly, and I can not keep away from saying this, it was with the assistance of Vladimir Putin that this course of gained new momentum after the aggression in opposition to Ukraine,” Rama stated.
Different nations within the Balkans may also function a buffer in opposition to Russia, in accordance with numerous EU member states in addition to the Balkan nations themselves.
The European Union wants Albania and different nations within the Western Balkans, stated Szijjarto as properly. The European Union wants new “freshness and power.” He hopes that the accession negotiations with Albania will go quicker than common. The typical ready time for a candidate member state to precise accession is fifteen years.
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