European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has reassured the Western Balkan countries that the enlargement of the trade bloc remained one of its priorities. Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia are at different stages in their applications for EU membership.
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Von der Leyen hailed Tirana’s “vision and patience and this is paying off.” “Albania is on track to join the European Union,” she said. “We opened the door to specific sectors in the single market of the European Union for our Western Balkan partners, companies. In turn, our partners in the Western Balkans are implementing important reforms to have a level playing field,” said von der Leyen.
The Commission on Wednesday approved the reform agendas of Albania, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia following a greenlight from EU member states. That was a key step to allow payments under the growth plan upon completion of agreed reform steps.Albania will get a pre-financing package of 64 million euros by the end of the year and receive more than 920 million euros in total under the growth plan.
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