{"id":19819,"date":"2021-09-08T19:27:04","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T17:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=19819"},"modified":"2021-09-13T11:04:12","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T09:04:12","slug":"merkels-agenda-in-tirana-from-her-meeting-with-rama-to-business-lunch-with-balkan-pms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/merkels-agenda-in-tirana-from-her-meeting-with-rama-to-business-lunch-with-balkan-pms\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkel in Tirana \u2013 from meetings with Rama to lunch with Balkan PMs, what’s on the agenda?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The briefing room of the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel has announced the agenda of her visit to Tirana, set to take place on September 14th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

Initially, Merkel has planned a meeting with the country\u2019s prime minister, Edi Rama, with whom she\u2019ll hold discussions regarding our bilateral relations, economic policies as well as Albanian\u2019s integration into the EU.<\/p>\n

By midday, the Chancellor will have met with the government leaders of the 6 Balkan countries, with whom she will sit over a business lunch, that will be focused on issues revolving around our regional cooperation. Afterwards, her itinerary in Albania will continue with a press conference.<\/p>\n

Before her return to Berlin, Merkel will also conduct separate meetings with the prime ministers of Kosovo, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Montenegro and North Macedonia.<\/p>\n

Merkel\u2019s visit to Tirana will take place around 2 weeks before the German elections. She is expected to step down from political life and the candidate set to replace her at the CDU\/CSU is Armin Laschet.<\/p>\n

Polls show a tight race between CDU\/CSU and the Social Democrats.<\/p>\n

Back in 2014, Merkel pushed for what came to be known as the \u2018Berlin Process\u2019 \u2013 a platform that urges dialogue and cooperation between countries of the Western Balkans before their integration into the EU.<\/p>\n

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