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Post by ilirdardani on Mar 10, 2009 9:39:34 GMT -5
Albania to formally apply for EU membership Taking advantage of the pro-enlargement Czech EU Presidency, Albania will present its European Union membership application before the end of June, the country's prime minister, Sali Berisha, announced on Sunday (8 March)."Albania has received the green light 'in principle' from the Czech Presidency of the European Union to hand in its request for membership," said the Albanian premier in an interview with AFP, before adding that the date for doing so is yet to be determined. "We agreed on filing the request," he said, noting that 96% of Albanians back the country's EU bid. The European Commission has identified normal procedures in Albania's upcoming parliamentary elections as a condition of its candidacy, with the country set to hold parliamentary elections on 28 June. Meanwhile, the IMF recently warned Tirana to be prudent in its spending ahead of the elections, or risk undermining the country's macroeconomic stability. Albania has a poor record in elections, which are often marked by fraud and incidents. A new electoral law designed to prevent fraud was recently adopted in parliament. 'It's all about elections'Berisha's decision to file an EU membership application is seen in Brussels as a pre-electoral trick. Albania's political class also hopes to benefit from NATO opening its doors to the former communist country at the alliance's summit on 3-4 April. Croatia is expected to join NATO at the same time. Diplomats indeed hinted that "it's all about elections," with other polls also a factor, including European elections in June in particular, but also national elections in Germany in September. Moreover, a second Irish referendum on the Lisbon Treaty will most likely be held in October. Amid falling public support for further EU enlargement in Western Europe, mainstream political parties do not wish to give ammunition to populists wishing to exploit fears that a poor country like Albania would add to the bloc's problems, said one diplomat.
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Post by ilirdardani on Mar 10, 2009 9:52:22 GMT -5
I'm happy for Albania and hopefully it's a speedy entry into EU. Maybe someday I'll retire in Albania. (around Vlora would be my choice)
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Post by L0gjICK on Mar 10, 2009 9:57:11 GMT -5
Opaaaaaaaaaa all the Albanian cities will become ghosts towns once it joins the EU.
Viva la Evrope!
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Post by ilirdardani on Mar 10, 2009 10:06:08 GMT -5
Opaaaaaaaaaa all the Albanian cities will become ghosts towns once it joins the EU. Viva la Evrope! I'm pretty sure they won't.
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Post by Kanaris on Mar 10, 2009 10:26:18 GMT -5
Immigration will be restricted the first 20 years.... once your economy improves.... that will be lifted,by then no one would want to leave.
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Post by ilirdardani on Mar 10, 2009 10:27:21 GMT -5
Immigration will be restricted the first 20 years.... once your economy improves.... that will be lifted,by then no one would want to leave. Exactly, thank you for clearing that up Mike.
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Post by L0gjICK on Mar 10, 2009 10:38:12 GMT -5
Ok I stand corrected. Hopefully you guys are right.
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Post by Kanaris on Mar 10, 2009 10:49:04 GMT -5
Now is the time to buy land in Vlora by the beach.... I am sure smart albs and greeks with money will do this before Albanian joins.
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Post by meltdown711 on Mar 10, 2009 10:51:41 GMT -5
I spit on that filthy flag of their. fuk the EU and Europe for that matter...
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Post by rex362 on Mar 10, 2009 10:53:34 GMT -5
I believe you have to have residency in Albania canaris .... divorce the wife and find some widow in Albania that you can support her kids for about 5 years ...then maybe ...for sure your not getting any young honey
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Post by PARIS DIO_MYSUS! on Mar 10, 2009 10:59:31 GMT -5
Do ta bejme Europen si Shqiperia!!! Watch Video, Hail Eternal Albania !!!!!
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Post by libofshe on Mar 10, 2009 11:30:23 GMT -5
why join a union which is becoming obsolete and will eventually disintegrate
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Post by ilirdardani on Mar 10, 2009 11:42:08 GMT -5
I spit on that filthy flag of their. fuk the EU and Europe for that matter... Move to the Middle East then, I'm sure the Taliban will accept you.
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Post by PARIS DIO_MYSUS! on Mar 10, 2009 11:59:49 GMT -5
why join a union which is becoming obsolete and will eventually disintegrate Albania is the land of Eagles Albania is the Land of Brave Heroes Albania is my Home Land !!!!! Video, die to all us enemies.
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Post by insomniac on Mar 10, 2009 15:40:49 GMT -5
I'm happy for Albania and hopefully it's a speedy entry into EU. Maybe someday I'll retire in Albania. (around Vlora would be my choice) Why around June? Maybe application has something to do with elections. In any case any speedy access to EU would be damaging to Albania. And Vlora is very nice. Many South Albanians are buying property on it. Foreigners as well.
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Post by insomniac on Mar 10, 2009 16:45:32 GMT -5
Albania’s EU Bid Should Come Sooner Than Later | 10 March 2009 | By Gjergji Vurmo in Tirana As our prime minister himself has put it, ‘Albania will not wait for an invitation to apply’. The intensification of the debate over Albania’s EU membership application among opinion-makers and political actors in the country as well as in Brussels is a positive development, heralding a more mature phase in the application process. This phase must be managed in an appropriate way by Albanian political actors, not only with a view to identifying the right timing, but, most importantly, in order to make sure that key EU decision-makers are on the “pro” side of the debate. Albania’s strongest “card” in this regard certainly remains its recent progress. Since the launch of this debate in early 2008, the Albanian government has approached this challenge very carefully in order to ensure a well-timed process and, eventually, a positive consideration by the EU Council of Ministers that would then ask the Commission to prepare an “avis”. In this context, submitting an application under the Czech EU Presidency this March or in the first week of April, with later being the best option for Albania as regards timing. Although the decision to apply under the Czech EU Presidency may have been additionally dictated by the timing of forthcoming general elections in June, it needs to be emphasized that this option does offer the best prospects for a positive consideration within the next EU Presidency. To have applied under the French or even worse, the Slovenian or the Swedish EU Presidencies, would have brought Albania serious problems. With France and Slovenia, the problem was of over-ambitious zeal. With Sweden, on the other hand, it would be a lack of self-confidence which would delay the process for at least 6 months. In that sense, the government has adequately approached these challenges and is allowing enough space to couple the membership application with the necessary track record on the implementation of the Interim Agreement, which entered in force on December 2006. Needless to say, the EU Council of Ministers would most likely wait for the result of Albania’s general elections before taking any kind of action on its membership application. By then, Albania must provide evidence of results in the key areas of reform considered as crucial for the EU integration process. Furthermore, this scenario would allow the Albanian government and particularly the Ministry of European Integration time to develop and put into practice an administrative framework that could directly deal with the EC questionnaire and, at a later stage, the accession negotiations. At this point it is essential that the government apply by the first week of April. Although EU actors are keen to send discouraging signals to Albania, they must be fully aware of the fact that unlike Montenegro, Albania has been very cautious and has tried to coordinate all its actions with EU decision-makers. There is another point, recently articulated by Prime Minister Berisha, and which Brussels must take note of, that “Albania will not wait for an invitation to apply”. Nevertheless, this message must be accompanied by a clear commitment to show concrete, positive results in key reforming areas. Gjergji Vurmo is Programme Director at the Tirana base Institute of Democracy and Mediation. Balkan Insight is BIRN’s online publication. balkaninsight.com/en/main/comment/17268/
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Post by meltdown711 on Mar 10, 2009 17:29:23 GMT -5
I spit on that filthy flag of their. fuk the EU and Europe for that matter... Move to the Middle East then, I'm sure the Taliban will accept you. Dont worry, I dont need to go to the middle east... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organisation_of_the_Islamic_Conference(Check the members, not in alphabetical order... thank you Berisha ) And as for investment in Vlora... what land isnt owned by Albs (such as me, lol) will soon be owned by Austrians, French, italian and German firms... not much room for Greek investment. In fact, we even have a Turkish naval base there are Limani.
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Post by ilirdardani on Mar 10, 2009 18:33:51 GMT -5
I'm happy for Albania and hopefully it's a speedy entry into EU. Maybe someday I'll retire in Albania. (around Vlora would be my choice) Why around June? Maybe application has something to do with elections. In any case any speedy access to EU would be damaging to Albania. And Vlora is very nice. Many South Albanians are buying property on it. Foreigners as well. I think I saw it in the article but the most of the EU has told Albania to not apply yet, because of the economic problems they're having, but the Czech president who currently is the ruling country of EU, told Berisha to go ahead and apply while Czech are still there so they can accept the application and start the process. Also it mentioned how the Czech are pro towards the Western Balkans joining EU.
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Post by insomniac on Mar 10, 2009 18:42:57 GMT -5
Yea? Well i thought the Czech guy said its better to wait. I would agree it would best be under Czech to apply since they also were ex-communist and would know the hardship our country faces. Read the article by Gjergji Vurmo. He analyzes it pretty good.
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Post by ilirdardani on Mar 10, 2009 19:25:19 GMT -5
Thanks for the link buddy, good read.
The faster the better I think, because it'll be a long road with the process, negotiations, etc.
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