{"id":39009,"date":"2022-06-25T16:55:47","date_gmt":"2022-06-25T14:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=39009"},"modified":"2022-06-25T16:57:42","modified_gmt":"2022-06-25T14:57:42","slug":"hope-ukraine-doesnt-remain-a-candidate-country-for-117-years-says-rama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/hope-ukraine-doesnt-remain-a-candidate-country-for-117-years-says-rama\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope Ukraine doesn\u2019t remain a candidate country for 117 years, says Rama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Edi Rama said on Saturday he\u2019s glad Ukraine was granted candidate status by the EU but added that Ukrainians must not create many illusions.<\/p>\n<p>In his address from the Europa-Forum Wachau in Vienna, Rama said Albania won the candidate status 8 years ago and hopes that in the case of Ukraine it won\u2019t last that long.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re very happy Ukraine received the candidate country status, but I also hope that the people of Ukraine don\u2019t create a lot of illusions. They got a pill against depression and that is good for the overall morale but it has to confront a reality which North Macedonia is facing\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope Ukrainians see North Macedonia, which has been a candidate country for 17 years. They changed the name of their country. Albania counts 8years as a candidate, and it\u2019s not enough. I hope it\u2019s not going to be 117 years for Ukraine\u201d, Rama said ironically.<\/p>\n<p>President Rama also spoke about the recent EU summit in Brussels saying that the union is \u2018powerless in front of the kidnapping of two NATO countries by Bulgaria\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>He also called Bulgaria\u2019s veto against North Macedonia a result of a \u2018great deformation of the EU enlargement process\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Edi Rama said on Saturday he\u2019s glad Ukraine was granted candidate status by the EU but added that Ukrainians must not create many illusions. 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