{"id":6721,"date":"2020-12-10T14:09:05","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T14:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/website.euronews.al\/en\/i-pakategorizuar\/2020\/12\/10\/ep-foreign-affairs-committee-discusses-on-albania-s-progress-bunguri-constitutional-court-and-media-law-key-requirements\/"},"modified":"2020-12-10T14:09:05","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T14:09:05","slug":"ep-foreign-affairs-committee-discusses-on-albania-s-progress-bunguri-constitutional-court-and-media-law-key-requirements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/ep-foreign-affairs-committee-discusses-on-albania-s-progress-bunguri-constitutional-court-and-media-law-key-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"EP Foreign Affairs Committee on Albania\u2019s progress, Bunguri: Constitutional Court and Media Law, preconditions for first IGC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs discussed the project-report on Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Serbia.<\/p>\n<p>MEPs supported opening membership negotiations, while expressing their concern over the polarized political climate in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Euronews Albania journalist and correspondent in Brussels, Ernest Bunguri, said that the project report is based mainly on recent key findings from the European Commission\u2019s progress report.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Bunguri said that MEPs positively evaluated Albania\u2019s progress, but the remaining prerequisites that would give the green light to the first Intergovernmental Conference are the functioning Constitutional Court and the Law on the Media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe main point discussed about Albania was the polarized political climate, that was also mentioned in the Commission\u2019s report\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The last EU Summit, which is to take place on Thursday and Friday in Brussels, Chancellor Angela Merkel is expected to insist on the approval of the negotiating framework and conclusions for enlargement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Balkans are not included in the official agenda of discussion during this summit, neither for the conclusions on enlargement countries, nor the negotiating framework for Albania and North Macedonia\u201d, concluded Bunguri.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/daily-news\/2020\/12\/09\/serious-political-mistake-roth-calls-for-the-opening-of-eu-accession-talks-with-albania-and-north-macedonia\" style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8221;Serious political mistake&#8221;, Roth calls for the opening of EU accession talks with Albania and North Macedonia <\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/daily-news\/2020\/12\/08\/meps-urge-eu-to-stop-delaying-accession-talks-with-albania-and-north-macedonia\" style=\"color: #000000;\">MEPs urge EU to stop delaying accession talks with Albania and North Macedonia<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/daily-news\/2020\/12\/07\/no-conclusions-on-enlargement-for-albania-and-north-macedonia-eu-postpones-first-igc\" style=\"color: #000000;\">No conclusions on enlargement for Albania and North Macedonia, EU postpones first IGC<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs discussed the project-report on Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Serbia. 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