{"id":81208,"date":"2025-11-04T14:49:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T13:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=81208"},"modified":"2025-11-04T14:49:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T13:49:18","slug":"eu-enlargement-summit-costa-praises-albanias-progress-on-eu-accession-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/eu-enlargement-summit-costa-praises-albanias-progress-on-eu-accession-path\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Enlargement Summit: Costa Praises Albania\u2019s Progress on EU Accession Path"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Leaders from <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Ukraine<\/span><span class=\"s2\">, <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Moldova<\/span><span class=\"s2\">, and the <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Western Balkans<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> joined <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Euronews<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> at a historic summit in Brussels aimed at advancing their bids to join the <\/span><span class=\"s1\">European Union<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> at a critical geopolitical moment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">European Council President Ant\u00f3nio Costa<\/span><span class=\"s2\">, in his keynote address, emphasized that the EU\u2019s enlargement is <\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u201cthe best investment in the future of the region.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cFrom the very first days of my mandate, I have made enlargement one of my top priorities. It is a priority in which I deeply believe. And the current geopolitical context makes this priority even more urgent and necessary for the European Union,\u201d said Ant\u00f3nio Costa during his speech at the <\/span><span class=\"s1\">EU Enlargement Summit<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> hosted by Euronews.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">He added:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cA larger European Union means a safer, stronger, and more peaceful Europe \u2014 both at home and globally. Enlargement is the best investment we can make today for our future.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">Costa also expressed optimism about the progress of Western Balkan countries, saying:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cI believe that <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Montenegro<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> could become the 28th member of the European Union in 2028.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">The European Council President also praised <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Albania\u2019s progress<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> on its path toward EU membership.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cMontenegro has made the greatest progress, and its ambition to conclude negotiations by the end of 2026 seems credible if it continues with the same commitment and intensive work on the required reforms. <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Albania has achieved significant progress on its accession path<\/span><span class=\"s2\">,\u201d Costa stated.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leaders from Ukraine, Moldova, and the Western Balkans joined Euronews at a historic summit in Brussels aimed at advancing their bids to join the European Union at a critical geopolitical moment. European Council President Ant\u00f3nio Costa, in his keynote address, emphasized that the EU\u2019s enlargement is \u201cthe best investment in the future of the region.\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":81209,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153,1803],"tags":[243,151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>EU Enlargement Summit: Costa Praises Albania\u2019s Progress on EU Accession Path - 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-enlargement-summit-costa-praises-albanias-progress-on-eu-accession-path\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"EU Enlargement Summit: Costa Praises Albania\u2019s Progress on EU Accession Path - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Leaders from Ukraine, Moldova, and the Western Balkans joined Euronews at a historic summit in Brussels aimed at advancing their bids to join the European Union at a critical geopolitical moment. 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