{"id":25020,"date":"2021-11-13T17:50:42","date_gmt":"2021-11-13T16:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=25020"},"modified":"2021-11-13T17:50:43","modified_gmt":"2021-11-13T16:50:43","slug":"albanias-eu-integration-rama-we-got-the-green-light-bulgaria-blocking-the-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albanias-eu-integration-rama-we-got-the-green-light-bulgaria-blocking-the-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Albania\u2019s EU integration, Rama: We got the green light, Bulgaria blocking the process"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In an interview for French news agency France24, PM Edi Rama spoke about the integration of Albania into the European Union.<\/p>\n<p>The head of the Albanian government stated that our country is being blocked from beginning its first Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) due to the ongoing disputes between North Macedonia and Bulgaria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, to be honest, we currently find ourselves in an absurd situation, because at the moment, Albania is like collateral damage in the middle of a conflictual situation between Bulgaria and North Macedonia. After receiving the green light, not only from the Commission but from the European Council as well, Bulgaria has come out with its list of demands, that have a historic or identity character, for North Macedonia and that process remains at a standstill. As you know, the European Council can be easily blocked through a single veto of one of its members,\u201d \u2013 said the Albanian PM for the French news station.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/programs\/barometer\/2021\/11\/11\/citizens-rate-rama-higher-than-opposition-leaders-reveals-barometer\/\">Citizens rate Rama higher than opposition leaders, reveals Barometer<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/programs\/shock\/2021\/11\/11\/berisha-is-in-a-triple-battle-against-basha-rama-and-the-us-says-bushati\/\">Berisha is in a triple battle against Basha, Rama, and the US, says Bushati<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/11\/11\/basha-calls-on-berisha-stop-helping-edi-rama\/\">Basha calls on Berisha to \u2018stop helping Edi Rama\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an interview for French news agency France24, PM Edi Rama spoke about the integration of Albania into the European Union. The head of the Albanian government stated that our country is being blocked from beginning its first Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) due to the ongoing disputes between North Macedonia and Bulgaria. \u201cYes, to be honest, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":25021,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Albania\u2019s EU integration, Rama: We got the green light, Bulgaria blocking the process - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albanias-eu-integration-rama-we-got-the-green-light-bulgaria-blocking-the-process\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Albania\u2019s EU integration, Rama: We got the green light, Bulgaria blocking the process - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In an interview for French news agency France24, PM Edi Rama spoke about the integration of Albania into the European Union. 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