{"id":35253,"date":"2022-04-28T13:00:07","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T11:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=35253"},"modified":"2022-04-28T15:31:51","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T13:31:51","slug":"eu-commissioner-varhelyi-stop-attacking-vetting-bodies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/eu-commissioner-varhelyi-stop-attacking-vetting-bodies\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Commissioner Varhelyi: Stop attacking vetting bodies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The European Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi visited Tirana on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>He began his visit at the vetting institutions, reiterating full support from the European Union.<\/p>\n<p>Varhelyi urged to halt attacks on vetting bodies while adding that the integrity of judges and prosecutors is \u201ckey to Albania\u2019s European future\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I started my visit with a good exchange w\/ the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/vetting?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#vetting<\/a> institutions &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IMO?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IMO<\/a> in Tirana today. Reconfirmed EU\u2019s full &amp; strong support. Integrity of judges &amp; prosecutors is key to future of \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf1 in the \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa. Attacking vetting bodies and their members or their families must stop! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cbG1BcXlr7\">pic.twitter.com\/cbG1BcXlr7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Oliver Varhelyi (@OliverVarhelyi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OliverVarhelyi\/status\/1519616163097030657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 28, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The top EU official\u2019s visit to Tirana comes after a tour around the Western Balkans and concludes with a meeting with Prime Minister Edi Rama.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/04\/15\/vetting-process-sacked-over-190-judges-prosecutors-in-4-years\/\">Vetting process sacked over 190 judges, prosecutors in 4 years<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/02\/10\/berisha-publicly-slams-the-us-backed-vetting-extension\/\">Berisha publicly slams US-backed vetting extension<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/02\/10\/parliament-passes-vetting-extension-with-118-votes-in-favour\/\"><strong>Parliament passes vetting extension with 118 votes in favour<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi visited Tirana on Thursday. He began his visit at the vetting institutions, reiterating full support from the European Union. Varhelyi urged to halt attacks on vetting bodies while adding that the integrity of judges and prosecutors is \u201ckey to Albania\u2019s European future\u201d. I started my visit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":35254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[270,150,151,1279,534],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>EU Commissioner Varhelyi: Stop attacking vetting bodies - 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\/eu-commissioner-varhelyi-stop-attacking-vetting-bodies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"EU Commissioner Varhelyi: Stop attacking vetting bodies - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The European Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi visited Tirana on Thursday. 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