{"id":79428,"date":"2025-06-20T21:14:05","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T19:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=79428"},"modified":"2025-06-20T21:14:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T19:14:05","slug":"albania-toward-the-eu-former-polish-pm-a-long-and-challenging-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania-toward-the-eu-former-polish-pm-a-long-and-challenging-road\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cAlbania Toward the EU,\u201d Former Polish PM: A Long and Challenging Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-54\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"cb8612ba-e10f-4cb3-9a42-27a144590738\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\">\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"380\">Mark Nelka, former Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland, was a guest this Friday on <em data-start=\"165\" data-end=\"179\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Balkan Talks<\/em> on Euronews Albania. In an interview with Franko Ergo, Nelka shared that Poland faced a long and obstacle-filled journey on its path to European Union membership\u2014one that Albania must now also follow.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"382\" data-end=\"519\">He emphasized that Albania will need to make many crucial decisions in a short period, but if successful, the rewards will be tremendous.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"521\" data-end=\"1067\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\u201cThere were 20 or 30 key points. The road to EU membership is long and difficult. We had to make, just as you must now, dozens of decisions that are in the long-term interest of the country. There\u2019s nothing wrong with that, but these are decisions that must be made relatively quickly and carry a high social cost.<br data-start=\"837\" data-end=\"840\" \/>The whole process is quite challenging, and there are probably no shortcuts. 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