{"id":72330,"date":"2024-10-15T18:30:08","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T16:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=72330"},"modified":"2024-10-15T20:02:16","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T18:02:16","slug":"albania-opens-first-group-chapter-of-negotiations-with-the-eu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania-opens-first-group-chapter-of-negotiations-with-the-eu\/","title":{"rendered":"Albania opens first group-chapter of negotiations with the EU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Justice, judiciary, procurement and public administration are some of the areas affected by the first group-chapter opened between Albania and the European Union.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Albania opened this Tuesday in Luxembourg the first group-chapter of negotiations with the European Union.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This chapter group affects essential areas such as: justice, judiciary, functioning of democratic institutions, public procurement or public administration reform.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">After the presentation of the revised methodology for the accession negotiations in 2020, the negotiating chapters are divided into six thematic groups: Basic; Internal market; Competitiveness and inclusive growth; Green agenda and sustainable connectivity; Resources, agriculture, cohesion as well as foreign relations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The first group-chapter, or as it is called the &#8216;basics&#8217; or &#8216;fundamentals&#8217;, also includes public procurement, statistics and financial control.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This chapter group is opened first and closed at the end of the integration process. 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