{"id":24702,"date":"2021-11-09T19:34:40","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T18:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=24702"},"modified":"2021-11-09T21:50:02","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T20:50:02","slug":"albanias-rapporteur-in-ep-santos-open-balkan-has-nothing-to-do-with-the-eu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albanias-rapporteur-in-ep-santos-open-balkan-has-nothing-to-do-with-the-eu\/","title":{"rendered":"Albania\u2019s EP Rapporteur: Open Balkan has nothing to do with the EU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Albania\u2019s rapporteur in the European Parliament, Isabel Santos said during a press conference concluding her visit to Tirana, that our country is ready to start accession negotiations with the EU.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the European Parliament, we have been very clear when we said that Albania is ready for negotiations. Even the European Commission has admitted that Albania is ready for the first roundtable of negotiations. Albania has fulfilled all conditions for the first IGC,\u201d \u2013 said Santos.<\/p>\n<p>Santo also said that she had received a confirmation from the ruling party in our country that they would back away from their so-called \u2018anti-slandering\u2019 legal initiative.<\/p>\n<p>In regards to the vetting bodies\u2019 term extension, Santos said that \u2018it is important that the vetting process ends with the same rules\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>When asked by Euronews Albania journalist, Ardit Hoxha, about the Open Balkan initiative, Santos was firm in her reply.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOpen Balkan is an initiative that has nothing to do with the EU. I am focused on the issue of Albania\u2019s integration into the EU,\u201d \u2013 concluded Santos.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/11\/07\/for-it-to-be-a-free-and-open-balkan-serbia-will-need-to-change-first-said-kurti\/\">For it to be an Open Balkan, Serbia will need to change first, said Kurti<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/programs\/good-morning\/2021\/11\/05\/open-balkan-still-in-the-wishful-phase-leaving-room-for-speculation-says-expert\/\">Open Balkan, still in the wishful phase leaving room for speculation, says expert<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/balkans\/2021\/11\/04\/rama-for-euronews-albania-i-wont-convince-kosovo-to-join-open-balkan-its-a-government-decision\/\">Rama for Euronews Albania: I won\u2019t convince Kosovo to join Open Balkan, it\u2019s a government decision<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Albania\u2019s rapporteur in the European Parliament, Isabel Santos said during a press conference concluding her visit to Tirana, that our country is ready to start accession negotiations with the EU. \u201cIn the European Parliament, we have been very clear when we said that Albania is ready for negotiations. 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