Tuesday, November 09, 2010

Commission expected to give green light to Montenegro EU candidacy


".....With respect to Albania, an EU diplomat, using his words with particular care, said: "the avis will probably not be negative – which does not mean that is fully positive."

The main problem with Albania concerns the shortcomings of its democratically-elected institutions. The opposition socialist party has boycotted the new parliament for several months and is still not fully taking part in parliamentary work.

A lack of real political dialogue in the country makes it hard for the European Commission to come out with a clear-cut positive opinion, and the commission could suggest making Albania a candidate only after it has fulfilled a number of conditions.

"It will be evident from the avis that there is a difference between Montenegro and Albania in their compliance with EU criteria, and that Montenegro is better prepared," said an EU source.

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