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Lek</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Travel</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Schengen_Area" title="Schengen Area">Schengen</a> visa liberalisation</th><td class="infobox-data">15 December 2010</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Energy</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Energy_Community" title="Energy Community">Energy Community</a></th><td class="infobox-data">24 May 2006</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Euratom" title="Euratom">Euratom</a></th><td class="infobox-data">There are no nuclear power plants or research reactors in Albania.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ENTSO-E" class="mw-redirect" title="ENTSO-E">ENTSO-E</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Operatori_i_Sistemit_te_Transmetimit" class="mw-redirect" title="Operatori i Sistemit te Transmetimit">Operatori i Sistemit te Transmetimit</a> is a member</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Foreign and military policy</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">North Atlantic Treaty Organization</a> (NATO)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Albania%E2%80%93NATO_relations" title="Albania–NATO relations">1 April 2009</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Organization_for_Security_and_Co-operation_in_Europe" title="Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe">Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe</a> (OSCE)</th><td class="infobox-data">17 September 1991</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Human rights and international courts</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Europe" title="Council of Europe">Council of Europe</a> (CoE)</th><td class="infobox-data">Member since 13 July 1995</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a 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class="sidebar-title"><div class="adr"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Albania" title="Politics of Albania">Politics of Albania</a></div></th></tr><tr><th><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Albania.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Coat_of_arms_of_Albania.svg/75px-Coat_of_arms_of_Albania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Coat_of_arms_of_Albania.svg/113px-Coat_of_arms_of_Albania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Coat_of_arms_of_Albania.svg/150px-Coat_of_arms_of_Albania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="251" data-file-height="383" /></a></span></th></tr><tr><th style="border-bottom: #aaa 1px solid"></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed plainlist"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Albania" title="Constitution of Albania">Constitution</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Albania" title="Human rights in Albania">Human rights</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed plainlist"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Albania#Executive_branch" title="Politics of Albania">Executive</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Albania" title="President of Albania">President</a>: <a href="/wiki/Bajram_Begaj" title="Bajram Begaj">Bajram Begaj</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_Albania" title="List of heads of state of Albania">list</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Albania" title="Prime Minister of Albania">Prime Minister</a>: <a href="/wiki/Edi_Rama" title="Edi Rama">Edi Rama</a> (<a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Albania#List" title="Prime Minister of Albania">list</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_Albania" title="Deputy Prime Minister of Albania">Deputy Prime Minister</a>: <a href="/wiki/Belinda_Balluku" title="Belinda Balluku">Belinda Balluku</a> (<a href="/wiki/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_Albania#Officeholders_(1912–present)" title="Deputy Prime Minister of Albania">list</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Ministers_(Albania)" title="Council of Ministers (Albania)">Cabinet</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed plainlist"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Albania#Legislative_branch" title="Politics of Albania">Legislature</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Albania" title="Parliament of Albania">Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Parliament_of_Albania" title="Speaker of the Parliament of Albania">Speaker</a>: <a href="/wiki/Lindita_Nikolla" title="Lindita Nikolla">Lindita Nikolla</a> (<a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Parliament_of_Albania#List_of_speakers_(1920–present)" title="Speaker of the Parliament of Albania">list</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Albania#Committees" title="Parliament of Albania">Committees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_parliament_of_Albania,_2009%E2%80%932013" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the parliament of Albania, 2009–2013">Members</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Albania)" title="Leader of the Opposition (Albania)">Leader of the Opposition</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed plainlist"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Albania#Judicial_branch" title="Politics of Albania">Judiciary</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Court_of_Albania" title="Constitutional Court of Albania">Constitutional Court</a></li> <li>Administrative Court</li> <li>Court of Justice <span style="font-size:85%;">(ordinary jurisdiction)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Albania" title="Supreme Court of Albania">Supreme Court</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed plainlist"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Albania" title="Administrative divisions of Albania">Administrative divisions</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Albania" title="Counties of Albania">Counties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Albania" title="Municipalities of Albania">Municipalities</a></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_Albania" title="List of cities and towns in Albania">Cities</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Villages_of_Albania" title="Villages of Albania">Villages</a></li></ul></div></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed plainlist"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Albania" title="Elections in Albania">Elections</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><u>Recent elections</u></li> <li>Presidential</li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Albanian_presidential_election" title="2012 Albanian presidential election">2012</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2017_Albanian_presidential_election" title="2017 Albanian presidential election">2017</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2022_Albanian_presidential_election" title="2022 Albanian presidential election">2022</a></li></ul></div></li> <li>Parliamentary</li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/2017_Albanian_parliamentary_election" title="2017 Albanian parliamentary election">2017</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2021_Albanian_parliamentary_election" title="2021 Albanian parliamentary election">2021</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Next_Albanian_parliamentary_election" title="Next Albanian parliamentary election"><i>next</i></a></li></ul></div></li> <li>Local</li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/2015_Albanian_local_elections" title="2015 Albanian local elections">2015</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2019_Albanian_local_elections" title="2019 Albanian local elections">2019</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2023_Albanian_local_elections" title="2023 Albanian local elections">2023</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><u>Referendums</u></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/1994_Albanian_constitutional_referendum" title="1994 Albanian constitutional referendum">1994</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1997_Albanian_monarchy_referendum" title="1997 Albanian monarchy referendum">1997</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1998_Albanian_constitutional_referendum" title="1998 Albanian constitutional referendum">1998</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Albania" title="List of political parties in Albania"><u>Political parties</u></a></li> <li>Parliamentary</li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_Albania" title="Democratic Party of Albania">PD</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_of_Albania" title="Socialist Party of Albania">PS</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Movement_for_Integration" class="mw-redirect" title="Socialist Movement for Integration">LSI</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Party_for_Justice,_Integration_and_Unity" title="Party for Justice, Integration and Unity">PDIU</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Spirit" title="New Democratic Spirit">FRD</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Albania" title="Republican Party of Albania">PR</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Unity_for_Human_Rights_Party" title="Unity for Human Rights Party">PBDNJ</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Libra_Party" title="Libra Party">LIBRA</a></li></ul></div></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed plainlist"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Albania" title="Foreign relations of Albania">Foreign relations</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_for_Europe_and_Foreign_Affairs_(Albania)" title="Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (Albania)">Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Europe_and_Foreign_Affairs_(Albania)#Officeholders_(1912–present)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs (Albania)">Minister</a>: <a href="/wiki/Igli_Hasani" title="Igli Hasani">Igli Hasani</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_of_Albania" title="List of diplomatic missions of Albania">Diplomatic missions of</a> / <a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_in_Albania" title="List of diplomatic missions in Albania">in Albania</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_nationality_law" title="Albanian nationality law">Nationality law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_passport" title="Albanian passport">Passport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_Albanian_citizens" title="Visa requirements for Albanian citizens">Visa requirements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visa_policy_of_Albania" title="Visa policy of Albania">Visa policy</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-below"> <span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_Albania.svg/21px-Flag_of_Albania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_Albania.svg/32px-Flag_of_Albania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_Albania.svg/42px-Flag_of_Albania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Albania" title="Albania">Albania</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style 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abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Politics_of_Albania" title="Template:Politics of Albania"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Politics_of_Albania" title="Template talk:Politics of Albania"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Politics_of_Albania" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Politics of Albania"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Albania" title="Albania">Albania</a> is on the current agenda for <a href="/wiki/Potential_enlargement_of_the_European_Union" title="Potential enlargement of the European Union">future enlargement</a> of the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> (EU). It applied for EU membership on 28 April 2009, and has since June 2014 been an official candidate for accession. The <a href="/wiki/Council_of_the_European_Union" title="Council of the European Union">Council of the European Union</a> decided in March 2020 to open accession negotiations with Albania.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, the country did not start accession negotiations because its candidacy was linked to that of <a href="/wiki/North_Macedonia" title="North Macedonia">North Macedonia</a>, which was vetoed by <a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 24 June 2022, Bulgaria's parliament approved lifting the country's veto on opening EU accession talks with North Macedonia. On 16 July 2022, the <a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_North_Macedonia" title="Assembly of North Macedonia">Assembly of North Macedonia</a> also approved the revised French proposal, allowing accession negotiations to begin.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The start of negotiations was officially launched on 19 July 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-GTS_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GTS-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of October 2024<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Accession_of_Albania_to_the_European_Union&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, Albania aims to be ready for accession by 2030, a timeline acknowledged by Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Edi_Rama" title="Edi Rama">Edi Rama</a> as "very ambitious."<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It is one of nine current EU candidate countries, together with <a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the European Union">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Georgia_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Georgia to the European Union">Georgia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Moldova_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Moldova to the European Union">Moldova</a>, <a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Montenegro_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Montenegro to the European Union">Montenegro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Accession_of_North_Macedonia_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of North Macedonia to the European Union">North Macedonia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Serbia_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Serbia to the European Union">Serbia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Turkey_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Turkey to the European Union">Turkey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Ukraine_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Ukraine to the European Union">Ukraine</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Chronology_of_relations_with_the_European_Union">Chronology of relations with the European Union</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Accession_of_Albania_to_the_European_Union&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Chronology of relations with the European Union"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Officially recognised by the EU as a "potential candidate country" in 2000, <a href="/wiki/Albania" title="Albania">Albania</a> started negotiations on a <a href="/wiki/Stabilisation_and_Association_Agreement" class="mw-redirect" title="Stabilisation and Association Agreement">Stabilisation and Association Agreement</a> (SAA) in 2003. This was successfully agreed and signed on 12 June 2006, thus completing the first major step toward Albania's full membership in the EU. </p><p>Albania applied for <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> membership on 28 April 2009. After Albania's application for EU membership, the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_the_European_Union" title="Council of the European Union">Council of the European Union</a> asked the <a href="/wiki/European_Commission" title="European Commission">European Commission</a> on 16 November 2009 to prepare an assessment on the readiness of Albania to start accession negotiations.<sup id="cite_ref-euobserver.com_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-euobserver.com-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 16 December 2009, the European Commission submitted the Questionnaire on accession preparation to the Albanian government. Albania returned answers to the Commission on 14 April 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-setimes.com_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-setimes.com-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 5 December 2013, an MEP meeting recommended to the council to grant Albania candidate status.<sup id="cite_ref-Europarl_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Europarl-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 23 June 2014, under the <a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_the_Council_of_the_European_Union" title="Presidency of the Council of the European Union">Greek EU Presidency</a>, the Council of the European Union agreed to grant Albania candidate status, which was endorsed by the <a href="/wiki/European_Council" title="European Council">European Council</a> a few days later. Following in the steps of countries <a href="/wiki/2004_enlargement_of_the_European_Union" title="2004 enlargement of the European Union">joining the EU in 2004</a>, Albania has been extensively engaged with EU institutions, and joined <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> as a full member in 2009. </p><p>The European Commission recommended that the EU open membership talks with Albania in its November 2016 assessment.<sup id="cite_ref-AlbaniaNegotiations_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AlbaniaNegotiations-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 2018 the European Council agreed on a pathway to starting accession talks with Albania by the end of 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Albania's EU accession is bundled with <a href="/wiki/Accession_of_North_Macedonia_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of North Macedonia to the European Union">North Macedonia's EU accession</a>. Albania is given certain pre-conditions for starting the accession negotiations, such as passing reforms in the justice system, a new electoral law, opening trials for corrupt judges and respect for the <a href="/wiki/Human_rights" title="Human rights">human rights</a> of <a href="/wiki/Greeks_in_Albania" title="Greeks in Albania">its Greek minority</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-EUAccessionGreekConditions_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EUAccessionGreekConditions-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-EUAccessionGermanConditions_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EUAccessionGermanConditions-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2019, European Commissioner <a href="/wiki/Johannes_Hahn" title="Johannes Hahn">Johannes Hahn</a> reiterated this recommendation.<sup id="cite_ref-European_Western_Balkans_Start_Talks_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-European_Western_Balkans_Start_Talks-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, in June the EU General Affairs Council decided to postpone their decision on opening negotiations to October, due to objections from a number of countries including the Netherlands and France.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The decision was vetoed again in October.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 25 March 2020, the Council of the European Union decided to open accession negotiations, which was endorsed by the European Council the following day.<sup id="cite_ref-AL_MK_COE_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AL_MK_COE-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AL_MK_EC_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AL_MK_EC-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2022, <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Albania" title="Prime Minister of Albania">Prime Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Edi_Rama" title="Edi Rama">Edi Rama</a> hosted the <a href="/wiki/2022_EU-Western_Balkans_summit" title="2022 EU-Western Balkans summit">2022 EU-Western Balkans summit</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tirana" title="Tirana">Tirana</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 13 September 2023, during her <a href="/wiki/State_of_the_European_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="State of the European Union">State of the European Union</a> address, <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_European_Commission" title="President of the European Commission">President of the European Commission</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen" title="Ursula von der Leyen">Ursula von der Leyen</a> stated that the future of the <a href="/wiki/Western_Balkans" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Balkans">Western Balkans</a> was "in our Union".<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 25 September 2024, the EU announced the decoupling of Albania from North Macedonia on the EU accession path, due to the disputes between North Macedonia and Bulgaria around the <a href="/wiki/Bulgarians_in_North_Macedonia" title="Bulgarians in North Macedonia">Bulgarian minority in North Macedonia</a>, which had delayed further talks.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the decision on decoupling of their processes, the EU opened negotiations on the first chapters with Albania separately on 15 October 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> <caption class="nowrap">Timeline </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Date </th> <th>Event </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>1992</b></td> <td>A Trade and Co-operation Agreement between the EU and Albania was signed, and Albania became eligible for funding under the EU <a href="/wiki/Phare" title="Phare">Phare</a> programme. </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>1997</b></td> <td>The EU Council of Ministers established political and economic conditionality for the development of bilateral relations between Albania and the EU. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999</td> <td>The EU proposed the new Stabilisation and Association Process (SAP) for five countries of Southeastern Europe, including Albania. Starting from 1999 Albania benefited from Autonomous Trade Preferences with the EU. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000</td> <td>Duty-free access to EU market was granted for products from Albania.<sup id="cite_ref-ECEUROPAEU_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ECEUROPAEU-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>June 2000</td> <td>The European Council stated that all the SAP countries are "potential candidates" for EU membership. </td></tr> <tr> <td>November 2000</td> <td>At the Zagreb Summit, the SAP was officially endorsed by the EU and the Western Balkan countries (including Albania). </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001</td> <td>The first year of the new CARDS programme specifically designed for the SAP countries. </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>June 2001</b></td> <td>The Commission recommended the undertaking of negotiations on a <i>Stabilisation and Association Agreement</i> (SAA) with Albania. The Göteborg European Council invited the commission to present draft negotiating directives for the negotiation of a SAA. </td></tr> <tr> <td>31 January 2003</td> <td>The directives for the negotiation of a SAA with Albania were adopted. Commission President Prodi officially launches the negotiations for a SAA between the EU and Albania. </td></tr> <tr> <td>June 2003</td> <td>At the Thessaloniki Summit, the SAP was confirmed as the EU policy for the <a href="/wiki/Western_Balkans" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Balkans">Western Balkans</a> and the EU perspective for these countries was confirmed (countries participating in the SAP started to be eligible for EU accession and would join the EU once they would become ready). </td></tr> <tr> <td>December 2005</td> <td>The council made the decision on the principles of a revised European Partnership for Albania. </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 June 2006</td> <td>The SAA was signed at the General Affairs and External Relations Council in Luxembourg.<sup id="cite_ref-ECEUROPAEU_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ECEUROPAEU-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 November 2006</td> <td>The European Commission decided to start visa facilitation negotiations with Albania. </td></tr> <tr> <td>13 April 2007</td> <td>The visa facilitation agreement was signed in Zagreb. The signing <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">EU</a> <a href="/wiki/Commissioner" title="Commissioner">Commissioner</a> <a href="/wiki/Franco_Frattini" title="Franco Frattini">Franco Frattini</a> was quoted saying that this is the first step toward a full abolishment of the visa requirements and the free movement of Albanian citizens in the EU. </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>1 January 2008</b></td> <td>The visa facilitation agreement entered into force. </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 March 2008</td> <td>EU <a href="/wiki/Commissioner" title="Commissioner">Commissioner</a> <a href="/wiki/Franco_Frattini" title="Franco Frattini">Franco Frattini</a> while in <a href="/wiki/Tirana" title="Tirana">Tirana</a> opened the dialogue toward the liberalisation of the visa regime between <a href="/wiki/Albania" title="Albania">Albania</a> and EU. </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>1 April 2009</b></td> <td>The <i>Stabilisation and Association Agreement</i> (SAA) entered into force. </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>28 April 2009</b></td> <td>Albania formally applied for membership in the European Union.<sup id="cite_ref-ECEUROPAEU_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ECEUROPAEU-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 November 2009</td> <td>The Council of the EU asked the European Commission to prepare an assessment on Albania's readiness to start accession negotiations. The Commission submitted the questionnaire on accession preparation to the Albanian government.<sup id="cite_ref-euobserver.com_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-euobserver.com-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 April 2010</td> <td>Albania submitted answers to the European Commission's questionnaire,<sup id="cite_ref-setimes.com_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-setimes.com-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but candidacy status was not granted by the EU in December 2010 due to a long-lasting political row in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>27 May 2010</td> <td>The European Commission proposed visa free travel for Albania. The adopted proposal enabled citizens of Albania to travel to Schengen countries without needing a short term visa.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 November 2010</td> <td>The <a href="/wiki/Council_of_the_European_Union" title="Council of the European Union">Council of the European Union</a> approved visa-free travel to the <a href="/wiki/Schengen_Area" title="Schengen Area">Schengen Area</a> for Albanian citizens.<sup id="cite_ref-Council_of_the_European_Union_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Council_of_the_European_Union-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>15 December 2010</b></td> <td>Visa-free access for Albanians to the Schengen area entered into force. </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>10 October 2012</b></td> <td>The European Commission recommended that Albania be granted EU candidate status, subject to the completion of key measures in certain areas. </td></tr> <tr> <td>August 2012</td> <td>The Albanian Parliament rejected a proposal to abolish immunity for parliament members, ministers and people in some other official positions. The EU required this to be abolished along with 11 other main issues, so candidate status was further delayed.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, in September 2012 a constitutional amendment was unanimously passed which limited the immunity of parliamentarians.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>October 2012</td> <td>The European Commission evaluated the progress of Albania to comply with 12 key conditions to achieve official candidate status and start accession negotiations. The report concluded that if Albania managed to hold a fair and democratic <a href="/wiki/Albanian_parliamentary_election,_2013" class="mw-redirect" title="Albanian parliamentary election, 2013">parliamentary election in June 2013</a>, and also implemented the remaining changes to comply with the eight key priorities still not fully met, then the Council of the European Union would recommended granting Albania official candidate status.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>23 June 2013</td> <td>Albania held a general election, generally regarded as free and fair.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 October 2013</td> <td>The European Commission released its annual reports on prospective member states which concluded that the Albanian election was held in an "orderly manner" and that progress had been made in meeting other conditions; as such it recommended granting Albania candidate status.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 December 2013</td> <td>In an MEP meeting it was recommended that "...the Council should acknowledge the progress made by Albania by granting it candidate status without undue delay."<sup id="cite_ref-Europarl_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Europarl-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, several states, including Denmark and the Netherlands, remained opposed to granting Albania candidate status until it demonstrated that its recent progress could be sustained.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Consequently, the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_the_European_Union" title="Council of the European Union">Council of the European Union</a>, at its meeting in December 2013, agreed to postpone the decision on candidate status until June 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-2013cofEU_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2013cofEU-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>24 June 2014</b></td> <td>Under the Greek EU Presidency, the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_the_European_Union" title="Council of the European Union">Council of the European Union</a> agreed to grant Albania candidate status,<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-201delEU_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-201delEU-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which was endorsed by the <a href="/wiki/European_Council" title="European Council">European Council</a> a few days later.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This coincided with the 10th anniversary of the "Agenda 2014",<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> proposed by the Greek Government in 2004, as part of the EU-Western Balkans Summit in Thessaloniki, for boosting the integration of all the Western Balkan states into the European Union.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>March 2015</td> <td>At the fifth "High Level Dialogue meeting" between Albania and the EU, the EU Commissioner for Enlargement (<a href="/wiki/Johannes_Hahn" title="Johannes Hahn">Johannes Hahn</a>) notified Albania that the setting of a start date for accession negotiations to begin still required the following two conditions to be met: 1) The government need to reopen political dialogue with the parliamentary opposition, 2) Albania must deliver quality reforms for all 5 earlier identified key areas not yet complied with (public administration, rule of law, corruption, organised crime, fundamental rights<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>).<sup id="cite_ref-Result_of_the_5th_accession_dialogue_meeting_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Result_of_the_5th_accession_dialogue_meeting-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This official stance, was fully supported by the European Parliament through its pass of a Resolution comment in April 2015,<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which agreed with all conclusions drawn by the commission's latest 2014 Progress Report on Albania.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Albanian Prime Minister outlined the next step of his government would be to submit a detailed progress report on the implementation of the 5 key reforms to the Commission in Autumn 2015, and then he expected the accession negotiations should start shortly afterwards - before the end of 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-Result_of_the_5th_accession_dialogue_meeting_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Result_of_the_5th_accession_dialogue_meeting-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>22 July 2016</td> <td>The Albanian parliament approved constitutional amendments on justice reforms. </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>9 November 2016</b></td> <td>The Commission recommended the launch of negotiations.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>26 November 2016</td> <td>Germany announced that it would veto the opening accession talks until 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Early 2017<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (July 2020)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup></td> <td>The <a href="/wiki/European_Parliament" title="European Parliament">European Parliament</a> warned the government leaders that the parliamentary elections in June must be "free and fair" before negotiations could begin to admit the country into the Union. The MEPs also expressed concern about the country's "selective justice, corruption, the overall length of judicial proceedings and political interference in investigations and court cases" but the EU Press Release expressed some optimism: "It is important for Albania to maintain today's reform momentum and we must be ready to support it as much as possible in this process".<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>December 2018</td> <td>Greek Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Alexis_Tsipras" title="Alexis Tsipras">Alexis Tsipras</a> stated that respect of the rights of the <a href="/wiki/Greeks_in_Albania" title="Greeks in Albania">Greek minority in Albania</a> is a precondition for Albania's entry into the European Union.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-EUAccessionGreekConditions_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EUAccessionGreekConditions-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>June 2019</b></td> <td>The European Commissioner <a href="/wiki/Johannes_Hahn" title="Johannes Hahn">Johannes Hahn</a> recommended that the EU open membership talks with Albania.<sup id="cite_ref-European_Western_Balkans_Start_Talks_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-European_Western_Balkans_Start_Talks-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 1 June 2019, the Council set out the path to opening accession negotiations, with talks thought to begin shortly thereafter. </td></tr> <tr> <td>September 2019</td> <td>Germany's <a href="/wiki/Bundestag" title="Bundestag">Bundestag</a> set as its preconditions for Albania's EU accession negotiations the reforms in the justice system, continue the fight against drug trafficking, a new electoral law, creation of SPAK (Special Anti-Corruption Structure<b>)</b>, functioning of the <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Court_of_Albania" title="Constitutional Court of Albania">Constitutional Court</a> & the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Albania" title="Supreme Court of Albania">Supreme court</a>, appoint the new Prosecutor General, trials for the corrupt judges, and also drop some ambitions of <a href="/wiki/Greater_Albania" title="Greater Albania">Greater Albania</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>24 March 2020</b></td> <td>EU ministers reached a political agreement on opening accession talks with Albania and <a href="/wiki/North_Macedonia" title="North Macedonia">North Macedonia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>19 July 2022</b></td> <td>The first Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) on accession negotiations was held between the EU and Albania. This marked the formal start of the accession talks. Additionally, the European Commission started the screening process.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>25 September 2024</b></td> <td>EU decides to decouple Albania from North Macedonia on the EU accession path and announces that accession chapters for Albania will open on 15 October 2024. </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>15 October 2024</b></td> <td>Albania opens negotiations on the "Cluster 1 - Fundamentals" chapters at the intergovernmental conference on 15 October.<sup id="cite_ref-:02_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align:left"> <caption class="nowrap">Status of SAA ratification </caption> <tbody><tr> <td> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:left;"><big>Event</big> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Accession_of_North_Macedonia_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of North Macedonia to the European Union">North Macedonia</a> <sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Croatia_to_the_European_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Accession of Croatia to the European Union">Croatia</a> <sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Albania</a> <sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Montenegro_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Montenegro to the European Union">Montenegro</a> <sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MON_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MON-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the European Union">Bosnia and<br />Herzegovina</a> <sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Serbia_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Serbia to the European Union">Serbia</a> <sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SER_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SER-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Kosovo_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Kosovo to the European Union">Kosovo</a> <sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-KOS_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KOS-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>SAA negotiations start</b> </td> <td>2000-04-05 </td> <td>2000-11-24 </td> <td>2003-01-31 </td> <td>2005-10-10 </td> <td>2005-11-25 </td> <td>2005-10-10 </td> <td>2013-10-28<sup id="cite_ref-kosneg_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kosneg-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>SAA initialled</b> </td> <td>2000-11-24 </td> <td>2001-05-14 </td> <td>2006-02-28 </td> <td>2007-03-15 </td> <td>2007-12-04 </td> <td>2007-11-07 </td> <td>2014-07-25<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>SAA/IA signature</b> </td> <td>2001-04-09 </td> <td>2001-10-29 </td> <td>2006-06-12 </td> <td>2007-10-15 </td> <td>2008-06-16 </td> <td>2008-04-29 </td> <td>2015-10-27<sup id="cite_ref-KOSSIGN_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KOSSIGN-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"><b>Interim Agreement:</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">EC ratification </td> <td>2001-04-27 </td> <td>2002-01-30 </td> <td>2006-06-12 </td> <td>2007-10-15 </td> <td>2008-06-16 </td> <td>2009-12-08 </td> <td>N/A <sup id="cite_ref-KOSINT_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KOSINT-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">SAP state ratification </td> <td>2001-04-27 </td> <td>2002-01-30 </td> <td>2006-10-09 </td> <td>2007-11-14 </td> <td>2008-06-20 </td> <td>2008-09-22 </td> <td>N/A <sup id="cite_ref-KOSINT_67-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KOSINT-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">entry into force </td> <td>2001-06-01 </td> <td>2002-03-01 </td> <td>2006-12-01 </td> <td>2008-01-01 </td> <td>2008-07-01 </td> <td>2010-02-01 </td> <td>N/A <sup id="cite_ref-KOSINT_67-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KOSINT-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"><b>Deposit of the instrument of ratification:</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">SAP state </td> <td>2001-04-27 </td> <td>2002-01-30 </td> <td>2006-11-09 </td> <td>2007-11-13 </td> <td>2009-02-26 </td> <td>2008-09-22 </td> <td>2016-02-26 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austria</a> </td> <td>2002-09-06 </td> <td>2002-03-15 </td> <td>2008-05-21 </td> <td>2008-07-04 </td> <td>2009-09-04 </td> <td>2011-01-13 </td> <td>N/A </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a> </td> <td>2003-12-29 </td> <td>2003-12-17 </td> <td>2008-10-22 </td> <td>2010-03-29 </td> <td>2010-03-29 </td> <td>2012-03-20 </td> <td>N/A </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a> </td> <td colspan="3">joined the EU later </td> <td>2008-05-30 </td> <td>2009-03-13 </td> <td>2010-08-12 </td> <td>N/A </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia">Croatia</a> </td> <td colspan="6">joined the EU later </td> <td>N/A </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a> </td> <td colspan="2">joined the EU later </td> <td>2008-05-30 </td> <td>2008-11-20 </td> <td>2009-07-02 </td> <td>2010-11-26 </td> <td>N/A </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a> </td> <td colspan="2">joined the EU later </td> <td>2008-05-07 </td> <td>2009-02-19 </td> <td>2009-07-23 </td> <td>2011-01-28 </td> <td>N/A </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a> </td> <td>2002-04-10 </td> <td>2002-05-08 </td> <td>2008-04-24 </td> <td>2008-06-25 </td> <td>2009-05-26 </td> <td>2011-03-04 </td> <td>N/A </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Estonia" title="Estonia">Estonia</a> </td> <td colspan="2">joined the EU later </td> <td>2007-10-17 </td> <td>2007-11-22 </td> <td>2008-09-11 </td> <td>2010-08-19 </td> <td>N/A </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">Finland</a> </td> <td>2004-01-06 </td> <td>2004-01-06 </td> <td>2007-11-29 </td> <td>2009-03-18 </td> <td>2009-04-07 </td> <td>2011-10-21 </td> <td>N/A </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> </td> <td>2003-06-04 </td> <td>2003-06-04 </td> <td>2009-02-12 </td> <td>2009-07-30 </td> <td>2011-02-10 </td> <td>2012-01-16 </td> <td>N/A </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a> </td> <td>2002-06-20 </td> <td>2002-10-18 </td> <td>2009-02-19 </td> <td>2009-11-16 </td> <td>2009-08-14 </td> <td>2012-02-24 </td> <td>N/A </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a> </td> <td>2003-08-27 </td> <td>2003-08-27 </td> <td>2009-02-26 </td> <td>2010-03-04 </td> <td>2010-09-20 </td> <td>2011-03-10 </td> <td>N/A </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary">Hungary</a> </td> <td colspan="2">joined the EU later </td> <td>2007-04-23 </td> <td>2008-05-14 </td> <td>2008-10-22 </td> <td>2010-11-16 </td> <td>N/A </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a> </td> <td>2002-05-06 </td> <td>2002-05-06 </td> <td>2007-06-11 </td> <td>2009-06-04 </td> <td>2009-06-04 </td> <td>2011-09-29 </td> <td>N/A </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> </td> <td>2003-10-30 </td> <td>2004-10-06 </td> <td>2008-01-07 </td> <td>2009-10-13 </td> <td>2010-09-08 </td> <td>2011-01-06 </td> <td>N/A </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Latvia" title="Latvia">Latvia</a> </td> <td colspan="2">joined the EU later </td> <td>2006-12-19 </td> <td>2008-10-17 </td> <td>2009-11-12 </td> <td>2011-05-30 </td> <td>N/A </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Lithuania" title="Lithuania">Lithuania</a> </td> <td colspan="2">joined the EU later </td> <td>2007-05-17 </td> <td>2009-03-04 </td> <td>2009-05-04 </td> <td>2013-06-26 </td> <td>N/A </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a> </td> <td>2003-07-28 </td> <td>2003-08-01 </td> <td>2007-07-04 </td> <td>2009-06-11 </td> <td>2010-12-22 </td> <td>2011-01-21 </td> <td>N/A </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a> </td> <td colspan="2">joined the EU later </td> <td>2008-04-21 </td> <td>2008-12-11 </td> <td>2010-01-07 </td> <td>2010-07-06 </td> <td>N/A </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a> </td> <td>2002-09-09 </td> <td>2004-04-30 </td> <td>2007-12-10 </td> <td>2009-01-29 </td> <td>2009-09-30 </td> <td>2012-02-27 </td> <td>N/A </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a> </td> <td colspan="2">joined the EU later </td> <td>2007-04-14 </td> <td>2009-02-06 </td> <td>2010-04-07 </td> <td>2012-01-13 </td> <td>N/A </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a> </td> <td>2003-07-14 </td> <td>2003-07-14 </td> <td>2008-07-11 </td> <td>2008-09-23 </td> <td>2009-06-29 </td> <td>2011-03-04 </td> <td>N/A </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">Romania</a> </td> <td colspan="3">joined the EU later </td> <td>2009-01-15 </td> <td>2010-01-08 </td> <td>2012-05-22 </td> <td>N/A </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Slovakia" title="Slovakia">Slovakia</a> </td> <td colspan="2">joined the EU later </td> <td>2007-07-20 </td> <td>2008-07-29 </td> <td>2009-03-17 </td> <td>2010-11-11 </td> <td>N/A </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Slovenia" title="Slovenia">Slovenia</a> </td> <td colspan="2">joined the EU later </td> <td>2007-01-18 </td> <td>2008-02-07 </td> <td>2009-03-10 </td> <td>2010-12-07 </td> <td>N/A </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a> </td> <td>2002-10-04 </td> <td>2002-10-04 </td> <td>2007-05-03 </td> <td>2009-03-12 </td> <td>2010-06-15 </td> <td>2010-06-21 </td> <td>N/A </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a> </td> <td>2002-06-25 </td> <td>2003-03-27 </td> <td>2007-03-21 </td> <td>2009-03-11 </td> <td>2009-09-14 </td> <td>2011-04-15 </td> <td>N/A </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> </td> <td>2002-12-17 </td> <td>2004-09-03 </td> <td>2007-10-16 </td> <td>2010-01-12 </td> <td>2010-04-20 </td> <td>2011-08-11 </td> <td>N/A </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/European_Communities" title="European Communities">European Communities</a> or<br /><a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> and <a href="/wiki/Euratom" title="Euratom">Euratom</a> </td> <td>2004-02-25 </td> <td>2004-12-21 </td> <td>2009-02-26 </td> <td>2010-03-29 </td> <td>2015-04-30 </td> <td>2013-07-22 </td> <td>2016-02-24 <sup id="cite_ref-KOSRAT_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KOSRAT-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>SAA entry into force</b> </td> <td>2004-04-01 </td> <td>2005-02-01 </td> <td>2009-04-01 </td> <td>2010-05-01 </td> <td>2015-06-01 </td> <td>2013-09-01 </td> <td>2016-04-01<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>EU membership (SAA lapsed)</b> </td> <td style="color:#aa0;">(TBD) </td> <td>2013-07-01 </td> <td style="color:#aa0;">(TBD) </td> <td style="color:#aa0;">(TBD) </td> <td style="color:#aa0;">(TBD) </td> <td style="color:#aa0;">(TBD) </td> <td style="color:#aa0;">(TBD) </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>N/A: Not applicable. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-MON-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-MON_56-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Montenegro" title="Montenegro">Montenegro</a> started negotiations in November 2005 while a part of <a href="/wiki/Serbia_and_Montenegro" title="Serbia and Montenegro">Serbia and Montenegro</a> (SiM). Separate technical negotiations were conducted regarding issues of sub-state organizational competency. A mandate for direct negotiations with Montenegro was established in July 2006. Direct negotiations were initiated on 26 September 2006 and concluded on 1 December 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-SER-59"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-SER_59-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia">Serbia</a> started negotiations in November 2005 while part of SiM, with a modified mandate from July 2006.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-KOS-62"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-KOS_62-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008 but is still claimed by Serbia as part of its territory. The European Union remains divided, with five EU member states not recognizing its independence. The EU launched a <a href="/wiki/Stabilisation_Tracking_Mechanism" title="Stabilisation Tracking Mechanism">Stabilisation Tracking Mechanism</a> for Kosovo] on 6 November 2002 with the aim of aligning its policy with EU standards. On 10 October 2012 the <a href="/wiki/European_Commission" title="European Commission">European Commission</a> found that there were no legal obstacles to Kosovo signing a SAA with the EU, as independence is not required for such an agreement.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-KOSINT-67"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-KOSINT_67-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-KOSINT_67-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-KOSINT_67-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">No Interim Agreement associated with Kosovo's SAA was concluded.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-KOSRAT-70"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-KOSRAT_70-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Kosovo's SAA was the first signed after the entry into force of the <a href="/wiki/Lisbon_treaty" class="mw-redirect" title="Lisbon treaty">Lisbon treaty</a>, which conferred a legal personality to the EU. As a result, unlike previous SAAs Kosovo's is exclusively between it and the EU and Euratom, and the member states are not parties independently.<sup id="cite_ref-kosneg_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kosneg-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-kosnegdone_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kosnegdone-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Visa_liberalisation_process">Visa liberalisation process</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Accession_of_Albania_to_the_European_Union&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Visa liberalisation process"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 1 January 2008 the visa facilitation and readmission agreements between Albania and the EU entered into force.<sup id="cite_ref-EC_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EC-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Albania received a road map from the EU for further visa liberalisation with <a href="/wiki/Schengen_Area" title="Schengen Area">Schengen</a> countries in June 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-EC_72-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EC-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Albania started issuing <a href="/wiki/Albanian_passport" title="Albanian passport">biometric passports</a> on 24 May 2009, which were designed to comply with EU guidelines.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 8 November 2010 the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_the_European_Union" title="Council of the European Union">Council of the European Union</a> approved visa-free travel to the EU for citizens of Albania.<sup id="cite_ref-Council_of_the_European_Union_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Council_of_the_European_Union-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The decision entered into force on 15 December 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-BIH-visa_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BIH-visa-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="EU_financial_aid">EU financial aid</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Accession_of_Albania_to_the_European_Union&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: EU financial aid"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2011, the EU paid €6 million to construct or refurbish border crossing points and border police stations to help Albania fight organised crime and illegal trafficking.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Until 2020, Albania had been receiving €1.2bn of developmental aid from the <a href="/wiki/Instrument_for_Pre-Accession_Assistance" title="Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance">Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance</a>, a funding mechanism for EU candidate countries. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Negotiation_progress">Negotiation progress</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Accession_of_Albania_to_the_European_Union&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Negotiation progress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The screening process has been completed and 5 chapters have been opened thus far. </p> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align:left; font-size: 0.9em;"> <caption class="nowrap"><big>Screening and Chapter Dates</big> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Progression</th> <th>33 / 33<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1256311440"><table role="presentation" class="progression"> <tbody><tr> <td class="progression-header"><span>100%</span> complete </td></tr> <tr><td><table role="progressbar" class="progression-bar"> <tbody><tr><td class="progression-done" style="width: 100%"></td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> </th> <th>33 / 33<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1256311440"><table role="presentation" class="progression"> <tbody><tr> <td class="progression-header"><span>100%</span> complete </td></tr> <tr><td><table role="progressbar" class="progression-bar"> <tbody><tr><td class="progression-done" style="width: 100%"></td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> </th> <th>5 / 33<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1256311440"><table role="presentation" class="progression"> <tbody><tr> <td class="progression-header"><span>15.2%</span> complete </td></tr> <tr><td><table role="progressbar" class="progression-bar"> <tbody><tr><td class="progression-done" style="width: 15.2%"></td><td class="progression-undone"></td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> </th> <th>0 / 33<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1256311440"><table role="presentation" class="progression"> <tbody><tr> <td class="progression-header"><span>0%</span> complete </td></tr> <tr><td><table role="progressbar" class="progression-bar"> <tbody><tr><td class="progression-undone"></td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Community_acquis#Chapters" class="mw-redirect" title="Community acquis">Acquis chapter</a><sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>Screening Started</th> <th>Screening Completed</th> <th>Chapter Opened</th> <th>Chapter Closed </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">1. Free Movement of Goods</td> <td>2023-01-30</td> <td>2023-03-09</td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">2. Freedom of Movement For Workers</td> <td>2023-01-30</td> <td>2023-03-09</td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">3. Right of Establishment & Freedom To Provide Services</td> <td>2023-01-17</td> <td>2023-03-09</td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">4. Free Movement of Capital</td> <td>2022-10-07</td> <td>2023-03-09</td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">5. Public Procurement</td> <td>2022-09-15</td> <td>2023-01-16</td> <td>2024-10-15</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">6. Company Law</td> <td>2023-02-03</td> <td>2023-03-09</td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">7. Intellectual Property Law</td> <td>2023-01-17</td> <td>2023-03-09</td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">8. Competition Policy</td> <td>2023-01-17</td> <td>2023-03-09</td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">9. Financial Services</td> <td>2022-10-07</td> <td>2023-03-09</td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">10. Information Society & Media</td> <td>2023-03-27</td> <td>2023-06-15</td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">11. Agriculture & Rural Development</td> <td>2023-11-13</td> <td>2023-11-24</td> <td>-</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">12. Food Safety, Veterinary & Phytosanitary Policy</td> <td>2023-11-20</td> <td>2023-11-24</td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">13. Fisheries</td> <td>2023-11-20</td> <td>2023-11-24</td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">14. Transport Policy</td> <td>2023-03-15</td> <td>2023-09-29</td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">15. Energy</td> <td>2023-03-15</td> <td>2023-09-29</td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">16. Taxation</td> <td>2023-03-31</td> <td>2023-06-15</td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">17. Economic & Monetary Policy</td> <td>2023-06-13</td> <td>2023-06-15</td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">18. Statistics</td> <td>2022-09-19</td> <td>2023-01-16</td> <td>2024-10-15</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">19. Social Policy & Employment</td> <td>2023-05-23</td> <td>2023-06-15</td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">20. Enterprise & Industrial Policy</td> <td>2023-05-26</td> <td>2023-06-15</td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">21. Trans-European Networks</td> <td>2023-03-15</td> <td>2023-09-29</td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">22. Regional Policy & Coordination of Structural Instruments</td> <td>2023-07-17</td> <td>2023-10-25</td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">23. Judiciary & Fundamental Rights</td> <td>2022-09-27</td> <td>2023-01-16</td> <td>2024-10-15</td> <td>− </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">24. Justice, Freedom & Security</td> <td>2022-09-27</td> <td>2023-01-16</td> <td>2024-10-15</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">25. Science & Research</td> <td>2023-04-28</td> <td>2023-06-15</td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">26. Education & Culture</td> <td>2023-04-27</td> <td>2023-06-15</td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">27. Environment & Climate Change</td> <td>2023-03-18</td> <td>2023-09-29</td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">28. Consumer & Health Protection</td> <td>2023-02-17</td> <td>2023-03-09</td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">29. Customs Union</td> <td>2022-10-20</td> <td>2023-06-15</td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">30. External Relations</td> <td>2023-11-16</td> <td>2023-11-17</td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">31. Foreign, Security & Defence Policy</td> <td>2023-11-16</td> <td>2023-11-17</td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">32. Financial Control</td> <td>2022-12-09</td> <td>2023-01-16</td> <td>2024-10-15</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">33. Financial & Budgetary Provisions</td> <td>2023-07-17</td> <td>2023-10-25</td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">34. Institutions</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">35. Other Issues</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align:left; font-size: 1.0em;"> <caption class="nowrap">October 2024 European Commission Report </caption> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Acquis#Chapters" class="mw-redirect" title="Acquis">Acquis chapter</a></th> <th>Status as of Oct 2024<sup id="cite_ref-2024_report_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2024_report-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>Chapter Status </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">Overview</td> <td>1 chapter at an early stage <br />8 chapters with some level of preparation <br />17 chapters with moderate preparation <br />7 chapters with good level of preparation <br />2 chapters with nothing to adopt</td> <td>5 chapters open </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">1. Free Movement of Goods</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared<sup>†</sup></td> <td><i>Chapter not yet opened</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">2. Freedom of Movement For Workers</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td><i>Chapter not yet opened</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">3. Right of Establishment & Freedom To Provide Services</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td><i>Chapter not yet opened</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">4. Free Movement of Capital</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td><i>Chapter not yet opened</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">5. Public Procurement</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td><i>Chapter open</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">6. Company Law</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td><i>Chapter not yet opened</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">7. Intellectual Property Law</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td><i>Chapter not yet opened</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">8. Competition Policy</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared<sup>†</sup></td> <td><i>Chapter not yet opened</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">9. Financial Services</td> <td style="background:#7fff00;">Good level of preparation<sup>††</sup></td> <td><i>Chapter not yet opened</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">10. Information Society & Media</td> <td style="background:#7fff00;">Good level of preparation<sup>††</sup></td> <td><i>Chapter not yet opened</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">11. Agriculture & Rural Development</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td><i>Chapter not yet opened</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">12. Food Safety, Veterinary & Phytosanitary Policy</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td><i>Chapter not yet opened</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">13. Fisheries</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td><i>Chapter not yet opened</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">14. Transport Policy</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td><i>Chapter not yet opened</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">15. Energy</td> <td style="background:#7fff00;">Good level of preparation<sup>††</sup></td> <td><i>Chapter not yet opened</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">16. Taxation</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td><i>Chapter not yet opened</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">17. Economic & Monetary Policy</td> <td style="background:#7fff00;">Good level of preparation<sup>††</sup></td> <td><i>Chapter not yet opened</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">18. Statistics</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td><i>Chapter open</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">19. Social Policy & Employment</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0">Moderately prepared</td> <td><i>Chapter not yet opened</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">20. Enterprise & Industrial Policy</td> <td style="background:#7fff00;">Good level of preparation<sup>††</sup></td> <td><i>Chapter not yet opened</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">21. Trans-European Networks</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td><i>Chapter not yet opened</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">22. Regional Policy & Coordination of Structural Instruments</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td><i>Chapter not yet opened</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">23. Judiciary & Fundamental Rights</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td><i>Chapter open</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">24. Justice, Freedom & Security</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td><i>Chapter open</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">25. Science & Research</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td><i>Chapter not yet opened</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">26. Education & Culture</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td><i>Chapter not yet opened</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">27. Environment & Climate Change</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td><i>Chapter not yet opened</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">28. Consumer & Health Protection</td> <td style="background:#f00;">Early stage</td> <td><i>Chapter not yet opened</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">29. Customs Union</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td><i>Chapter not yet opened</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">30. External Relations</td> <td style="background:#7fff00;">Good level of preparation</td> <td><i>Chapter not yet opened</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">31. Foreign, Security & Defence Policy</td> <td style="background:#7fff00;">Good level of preparation</td> <td><i>Chapter not yet opened</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">32. Financial Control</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td><i>Chapter open</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">33. Financial & Budgetary Provisions</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td><i>Chapter not yet opened</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">34. Institutions</td> <td>Nothing to adopt</td> <td>Nothing to adopt </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">35. Other Issues</td> <td>Nothing to adopt</td> <td>Nothing to adopt </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><sup>†</sup> indicates chapters in which the European Commission has simultaneously awarded the chapter <i><b>both</b></i> "some level of preparation" AND "moderately prepared". </p><p><sup>††</sup> indicates chapters in which the European Commission has simultaneously awarded the chapter <i><b>both</b></i> "moderately prepared" AND "good level of preparation". </p><p><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#f3f; color:black;"> </span> totally incompatible</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#f00; color:black;"> </span> early stage</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#ffa500; color:black;"> </span> considerable efforts needed</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFD27F; color:black;"> </span> some level of preparation</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#ff5; color:black;"> </span> further efforts needed</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFFFE0; color:black;"> </span> moderately prepared</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#cfc; color:black;"> </span> no major difficulties expected</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#7fff00; color:black;"> </span> good level of preparation</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#32cd32; color:black;"> </span> well prepared / well advanced</span> </p> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align:left; font-size: 0.9em;"> <caption class="nowrap"><big>Negotiation History</big> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Community_acquis#Chapters" class="mw-redirect" title="Community acquis">Acquis chapter</a></th> <th>EC Assessment in 2015<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>EC Assessment in 2016<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>EC Assessment in 2018<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>EC Assessment in 2019<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>EC Assessment in 2020<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>EC Assessment in 2021<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>EC Assessment in 2022<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>EC Assessment in 2023<sup id="cite_ref-52023SC0690_86-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52023SC0690-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>EC Assessment in 2024<sup id="cite_ref-2024_report_78-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2024_report-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">1. Free Movement of Goods</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared<sup>†</sup></td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared<sup>†</sup></td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared<sup>†</sup></td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared<sup>†</sup></td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared<sup>†</sup></td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared<sup>†</sup> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">2. Freedom of Movement For Workers</td> <td style="background:#f00;">Early stage</td> <td style="background:#f00;">Early stage</td> <td style="background:#f00;">Early stage</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">3. Right of Establishment & Freedom To Provide Services</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">4. Free Movement of Capital</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">5. Public Procurement</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F;">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F;">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">6. Company Law</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">7. Intellectual Property Law</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F;">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F;">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared<sup>†</sup></td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">8. Competition Policy</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared<sup>†</sup></td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared<sup>†</sup></td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared<sup>†</sup></td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared<sup>†</sup></td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared<sup>†</sup></td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared<sup>†</sup> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">9. Financial Services</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#7fff00;">Good level of preparation<sup>††</sup></td> <td style="background:#7fff00;">Good level of preparation<sup>††</sup> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">10. Information Society & Media</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#7fff00;">Good level of preparation<sup>††</sup> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">11. Agriculture & Rural Development</td> <td style="background:#f00;">Early stage</td> <td style="background:#f00;">Early stage</td> <td style="background:#f00;">Early stage</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">12. Food Safety, Veterinary & Phytosanitary Policy</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F;">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F;">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">13. Fisheries</td> <td style="background:#f00;">Early stage</td> <td style="background:#f00;">Early stage</td> <td style="background:#f00;">Early stage</td> <td style="background:#f00;">Early stage</td> <td style="background:#f00;">Early stage</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared<sup>†</sup></td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">14. Transport Policy</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F;">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F;">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">15. Energy</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#7fff00;">Good level of preparation<sup>††</sup></td> <td style="background:#7fff00;">Good level of preparation<sup>††</sup> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">16. Taxation</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">17. Economic & Monetary Policy</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#7fff00;">Good level of preparation<sup>††</sup></td> <td style="background:#7fff00;">Good level of preparation<sup>††</sup> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">18. Statistics</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F;">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">19. Social Policy & Employment</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F;">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F;">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0">Moderately prepared </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">20. Enterprise & Industrial Policy</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#7fff00;">Good level of preparation<sup>††</sup> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">21. Trans-European Networks</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F;">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F;">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">22. Regional Policy & Coordination of Structural Instruments</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">23. Judiciary & Fundamental Rights</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F;">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F;">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared<sup>†</sup></td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared<sup>†</sup></td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared<sup>†</sup></td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared<sup>†</sup></td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">24. Justice, Freedom & Security</td> <td style="background:#f00;">Early stage</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F;">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">25. Science & Research</td> <td style="background:#f00;">Early stage</td> <td style="background:#f00;">Early stage</td> <td style="background:#f00;">Early stage</td> <td style="background:#f00;">Early stage</td> <td style="background:#f00;">Early stage</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">26. Education & Culture</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">27. Environment & Climate Change</td> <td style="background:#f00;">Early stage</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F;">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">28. Consumer & Health Protection</td> <td style="background:#f00;">Early stage</td> <td style="background:#f00;">Early stage</td> <td style="background:#f00;">Early stage</td> <td style="background:#f00;">Early stage</td> <td style="background:#f00;">Early stage</td> <td style="background:#f00;">Early stage</td> <td style="background:#f00;">Early stage</td> <td style="background:#f00;">Early stage</td> <td style="background:#f00;">Early stage </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">29. Customs Union</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">30. External Relations</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#7fff00;">Good level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#7fff00;">Good level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#7fff00;">Good level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#7fff00;">Good level of preparation </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">31. Foreign, Security & Defence Policy</td> <td style="background:#7fff00;">Good level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#7fff00;">Good level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#7fff00;">Good level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#7fff00;">Good level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#7fff00;">Good level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#7fff00;">Good level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#7fff00;">Good level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#7fff00;">Good level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#7fff00;">Good level of preparation </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">32. Financial Control</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared</td> <td style="background:#FFFFE0;">Moderately prepared </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">33. Financial & Budgetary Provisions</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F;">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F;">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation</td> <td style="background:#FFD27F">Some level of preparation </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">34. Institutions</td> <td>Nothing to adopt</td> <td>Nothing to adopt</td> <td>Nothing to adopt</td> <td>Nothing to adopt </td> <td>Nothing to adopt</td> <td>Nothing to adopt</td> <td>Nothing to adopt</td> <td>Nothing to adopt</td> <td>Nothing to adopt </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">35. Other Issues</td> <td>Nothing to adopt</td> <td>Nothing to adopt</td> <td>Nothing to adopt</td> <td>Nothing to adopt </td> <td>Nothing to adopt</td> <td>Nothing to adopt</td> <td>Nothing to adopt</td> <td>Nothing to adopt</td> <td>Nothing to adopt </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="10"><b>Legend:</b> <p><sup>†</sup> indicates chapters in which the European Commission has simultaneously awarded the chapter <i><b>both</b></i> "some level of preparation" AND "moderately prepared". </p><p><sup>††</sup> indicates chapters in which the European Commission has simultaneously awarded the chapter <i><b>both</b></i> "moderately prepared" AND "good level of preparation". </p><p><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#f3f; color:black;"> </span> totally incompatible</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#f00; color:black;"> </span> early stage</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#ffa500; color:black;"> </span> considerable efforts needed</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFD27F; color:black;"> </span> some level of preparation</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#ff5; color:black;"> </span> further efforts needed</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFFFE0; color:black;"> </span> moderately prepared</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#cfc; color:black;"> </span> no major difficulties expected</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#7fff00; color:black;"> </span> good level of preparation</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#32cd32; color:black;"> </span> well prepared / well advanced</span> </p> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align:left; font-size: 1.0em;"> <caption class="nowrap">Clusters of negotiating chapters </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Clusters</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Acquis#Chapters" class="mw-redirect" title="Acquis">Acquis Chapter</a></th> <th>State of Play</th> <th>Cluster Opened </th> <th>Cluster Closed </th></tr> <tr> <td>Overview</td> <td>Overview</td> <td>5 out of 33</td> <td>1 out of 6 </td> <td>0 out of 6 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="8">Fundamentals </td> <td style="text-align:left;">23. Judiciary & Fundamental Rights</td> <td>Opened</td> <td rowspan="8">Opened </td> <td rowspan="8">– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">24. Justice, Freedom & Security</td> <td>Opened </td></tr> <tr> <td>Economic criteria </td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Functioning of democratic institutions </td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td>Public administration reform </td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">5. Public Procurement</td> <td>Opened </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">18. Statistics</td> <td>Opened </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">32. Financial Control</td> <td>Opened </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="9">Internal Market </td> <td style="text-align:left;">1. Free Movement of Goods</td> <td><i>–</i></td> <td rowspan="9"><i>–</i> </td> <td rowspan="9">– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">2. Freedom of Movement For Workers</td> <td><i>–</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">3. Right of Establishment & Freedom To Provide Services</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">4. Free Movement of Capital</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">6. Company Law</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">7. Intellectual Property Law</td> <td><i>–</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">8. Competition Policy</td> <td><i>–</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">9. Financial Services</td> <td><i>–</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">28. Consumer & Health Protection</td> <td><i>–</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="8">Competitiveness <p>and inclusive growth </p> </td> <td style="text-align:left;">10. Information Society & Media</td> <td><i>–</i></td> <td rowspan="8"><i>–</i> </td> <td rowspan="8">– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">16. Taxation</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">17. Economic & Monetary Policy</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">19. Social Policy & Employment</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">20. Enterprise & Industrial Policy</td> <td><i>–</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">25. Science & Research</td> <td><i>–</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">26. Education & Culture</td> <td><i>–</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">29. Customs Union</td> <td><i>–</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">Green agenda <p>and sustainable connectivity </p> </td> <td style="text-align:left;">14. Transport Policy</td> <td><i>–</i></td> <td rowspan="4"><i>–</i> </td> <td rowspan="4">– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">15. Energy</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">21. Trans-European Networks</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">27. Environment</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5">Resources, agriculture <p>and cohesion </p> </td> <td style="text-align:left;">11. Agriculture & Rural Development</td> <td><i>–</i></td> <td rowspan="5"><i>–</i> </td> <td rowspan="5">– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">12. Food Safety, Veterinary & Phytosanitary Policy</td> <td><i>–</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">13. Fisheries</td> <td><i>–</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">22. Regional Policy & Coordination of Structural Instruments</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">33. Financial & Budgetary Provisions</td> <td><i>–</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">External relations </td> <td style="text-align:left;">30. External Relations</td> <td><i>–</i></td> <td rowspan="2"><i>–</i> </td> <td rowspan="2">– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">31. Foreign, Security & Defence Policy</td> <td><i>–</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;">34. Institutions</td> <td><i>–</i></td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">35. Other Issues</td> <td><i>–</i></td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Public_opinion">Public opinion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Accession_of_Albania_to_the_European_Union&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Public opinion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A 2021 poll found that as many as 97% of Albanians are in favour of EU accession.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Impact_of_joining">Impact of joining</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Accession_of_Albania_to_the_European_Union&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Impact of joining"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Member countries </th> <th>Population </th> <th>Area (km<sup>2</sup>) </th> <th>GDP <br />(billion US$) </th> <th>GDP <br />per capita (US$) </th> <th>Languages </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Albania" title="Albania"><img alt="Albania" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_Albania.svg/21px-Flag_of_Albania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_Albania.svg/32px-Flag_of_Albania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_Albania.svg/42px-Flag_of_Albania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Albania" title="Albania">Albania</a> </td> <td>2,402,113 </td> <td>28,748 </td> <td>23.032 </td> <td>8,057 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Albanian_language" title="Albanian language">Albanian</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>EU27 </th> <th>447,007,596 </th> <th>4,233,262 </th> <th>17,046 </th> <th>38,957 </th> <th>24 </th></tr> <tr> <th>EU27+1 </th> <th>449,409,709 <br /> <i>(+0.54%)</i> </th> <th>4,262,010 <br /> <i>(+0.68%)</i> </th> <th>17,069 <br /> <i>(+0.13%)</i> </th> <th>37,947 <br /> <i>(–2.59%)</i> </th> <th>25 </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Albania's_foreign_relations_with_EU_member_states"><span id="Albania.27s_foreign_relations_with_EU_member_states"></span>Albania's foreign relations with EU member states</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Accession_of_Albania_to_the_European_Union&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Albania's foreign relations with EU member states"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top"> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria"><img alt="Austria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Albania%E2%80%93Austria_relations" title="Albania–Austria relations">Austria</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium"><img alt="Belgium" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:Albania%E2%80%93Belgium_relations" title="Category:Albania–Belgium relations">Belgium</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria"><img alt="Bulgaria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Albania%E2%80%93Bulgaria_relations" title="Albania–Bulgaria relations">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia"><img alt="Croatia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Albania%E2%80%93Croatia_relations" title="Albania–Croatia relations">Croatia</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus"><img alt="Cyprus" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:Albania%E2%80%93Cyprus_relations" title="Category:Albania–Cyprus relations">Cyprus</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic"><img alt="Czech Republic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Albania%E2%80%93Czech_Republic_relations" title="Albania–Czech Republic relations">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark"><img alt="Denmark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Albania%E2%80%93Denmark_relations" title="Albania–Denmark relations">Denmark</a></li></ul> </td> <td valign="top"> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Estonia" title="Estonia"><img alt="Estonia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="990" data-file-height="630" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:Albania%E2%80%93Estonia_relations" title="Category:Albania–Estonia relations">Estonia</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Albania%E2%80%93Finland_relations" title="Albania–Finland relations">Finland</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Albania%E2%80%93France_relations" title="Albania–France relations">France</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, 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class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary"><img alt="Hungary" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Albania%E2%80%93Hungary_relations" title="Albania–Hungary relations">Hungary</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland"><img alt="Republic of Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" 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European Union">Accession of North Macedonia to the European Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Serbia_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Serbia to the European Union">Accession of Serbia to the European Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Ukraine_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Ukraine to the European Union">Accession of Ukraine to the European Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albania%E2%80%93NATO_relations" title="Albania–NATO relations">Albania–NATO relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delegation_of_European_Union_to_Albania" class="mw-redirect" title="Delegation of European Union to Albania">Delegation of European Union to Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enlargement_of_the_European_Union" title="Enlargement of the European Union">Enlargement of the European Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Future_enlargement_of_the_European_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Future enlargement of the European Union">Future enlargement of the European 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title="Third-country economic relationships with the European Union">Economic relationships with third countries</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Africa</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Algeria-European_Union_relations" class="mw-redirect" title="Algeria-European Union relations">Algeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Verde%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Cape Verde–European Union relations">Cape Verde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egypt%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Egypt–European Union relations">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libya%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Libya–European Union relations">Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morocco%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Morocco–European Union relations">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Africa%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="South Africa–European Union relations">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Union%E2%80%93Sudan_relations" title="European Union–Sudan relations">Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunisia%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Tunisia–European Union relations">Tunisia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Americas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Argentina%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Argentina–European Union relations">Argentina</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Argentina_foreign_trade_relations_with_the_European_Union" title="Argentina foreign trade relations with the European Union">trade</a></small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazil%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Brazil–European Union relations">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canada%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Canada–European Union relations">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colombia%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Colombia–European Union relations">Colombia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuba%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Cuba–European Union relations">Cuba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenland_and_the_European_Union" title="Greenland and the European Union">Greenland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexico%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Mexico–European Union relations">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Union%E2%80%93Peru_relations" title="European Union–Peru relations">Peru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" class="mw-redirect" title="United States–European Union relations">United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uruguay%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Uruguay–European Union relations">Uruguay</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Asia</th><td 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title="Israel–European Union relations">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Japan–European Union relations">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jordan%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Jordan–European Union relations">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Kazakhstan–European Union relations">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanon%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Lebanon–European Union relations">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malaysia%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Malaysia–European Union relations">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepal%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Nepal–European Union relations">Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Korea%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="North Korea–European Union relations">North Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Pakistan–European Union relations">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestine%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Palestine–European Union relations">Palestine</a>†</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippines%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Philippines–European Union relations">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Korea%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="South Korea–European Union relations">South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syria%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Syria–European Union relations">Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taiwan%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Taiwan–European Union relations">Taiwan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vietnam%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Vietnam–European Union relations">Vietnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yemen%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Yemen–European Union relations">Yemen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Europe</th><td 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href="/wiki/Monaco%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Monaco–European Union relations">Monaco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Montenegro_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Montenegro to the European Union">Montenegro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Accession_of_North_Macedonia_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of North Macedonia to the European Union">North Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Cyprus_and_the_European_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Cyprus and the European Union">Northern Cyprus</a>†</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norway%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Norway–European Union relations">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russia%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Russia–European Union relations">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Marino%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="San Marino–European Union relations">San Marino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Serbia_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Serbia to the European Union">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sovereign_Military_Order_of_Malta%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Sovereign Military Order of Malta–European Union relations">Sovereign Military Order of Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Switzerland%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Switzerland–European Union relations">Switzerland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Union%E2%80%93Turkey_relations" title="European Union–Turkey relations">Turkey</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Turkey_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Turkey to the European Union">Accession negotiations</a></small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukraine%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Ukraine–European Union relations">Ukraine</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Ukraine_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Ukraine to the European Union">Accession negotiations</a></small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="United Kingdom–European Union relations">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Holy See–European Union relations">Vatican City</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Oceania</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Australia–European Union relations">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Micronesia%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Micronesia–European Union relations">Micronesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="New Zealand–European Union relations">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Papua New Guinea–European Union relations">Papua New Guinea</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yugoslavia%E2%80%93European_Communities_relations" title="Yugoslavia–European Communities relations">Yugoslavia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">General</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special_member_state_territories_and_the_European_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Special member state territories and the European Union">Overseas territories of member states</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microstates_and_the_European_Union" title="Microstates and the European Union">European microstates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_the_largest_trading_partners_of_the_European_Union" title="List of the largest trading partners of the European Union">Largest trading partners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Union_Association_Agreement" title="European Union Association Agreement">Association Agreements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Union_free_trade_agreements" class="mw-redirect" title="European Union free trade agreements">Free trade agreements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Union_Sanctions" class="mw-redirect" title="European Union Sanctions">European Union Sanctions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li>†= Disputed state, may not be recognised as an independent state by some or all European Union members.</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Multilateral_relations_and_initiatives" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Multilateralism" title="Multilateralism">Multilateral</a> relations and initiatives</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.0em;padding:0.35em 1.0em; line-height:1.1em; ;">Organisations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arab_League%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Arab League–European Union relations">Arab League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ASEAN%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="ASEAN–European Union relations">ASEAN</a></li> <li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/European_Union_and_the_United_Nations" title="European Union and the United Nations">UN</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.0em;padding:0.35em 1.0em; line-height:1.1em; ;">Initiatives</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/African,_Caribbean_and_Pacific_Group_of_States" class="mw-redirect" title="African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States">African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asia%E2%80%93Europe_Meeting" title="Asia–Europe Meeting">Asia–Europe Meeting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CARIFORUM" title="CARIFORUM">CARIFORUM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Union_Customs_Union" title="European Union Customs Union">Customs Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Partnership" title="Eastern Partnership">Eastern Partnership</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_Community" title="Energy Community">Energy Community</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euro-Latin_American_Parliamentary_Assembly" title="Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly">Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Common_Aviation_Area" title="European Common Aviation Area">European Common Aviation Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Economic_Area" title="European Economic Area">European Economic Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euro-Mediterranean_free_trade_area" title="Euro-Mediterranean free trade area">Euro-Mediterranean free trade area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euro-Mediterranean_Partnership" class="mw-redirect" title="Euro-Mediterranean Partnership">Euro-Mediterranean Partnership</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euronest_Parliamentary_Assembly" title="Euronest Parliamentary Assembly">Euronest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economic_Partnership_Agreements" title="Economic Partnership Agreements">Economic Partnership Agreements</a></li> <li><a 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Union">ambassadors</a>) / <a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_in_Belgium#Missions_to_the_European_Union" title="List of diplomatic missions in Belgium">to the EU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Union_Special_Representative" title="European Union Special Representative">Special Representatives</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.0em;padding:0.35em 1.0em; line-height:1.1em; ;">Funding</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Instrument_for_Pre-Accession_Assistance" title="Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance">Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Global_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="Global Europe">Global Europe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div 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<li><a href="/wiki/Director_General_of_the_European_Union_Military_Staff" title="Director General of the European Union Military Staff">Director General of the Military Staff/Director of the Military Planning and Conduct Capability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Director_of_the_Civilian_Planning_and_Conduct_Capability" title="Director of the Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability">Director of the Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_European_Union_Military_Committee" title="Chairman of the European Union Military Committee">Chairman of the Military Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Council" title="European Council">European Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_Affairs_Council" title="Foreign Affairs Council">Foreign Affairs Council</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a 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title="Foreign Affairs Council">Council</a> preparatory bodies</b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Committee_of_Permanent_Representatives" title="Committee of Permanent Representatives">Committee of Permanent Representatives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_and_Security_Committee" title="Political and Security Committee">Political and Security Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politico-Military_Group" title="Politico-Military Group">Politico-Military Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Union_Military_Committee" title="European Union Military Committee">Military Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committee_for_Civilian_Aspects_of_Crisis_Management" title="Committee for Civilian Aspects of Crisis Management">Committee for Civilian Aspects of Crisis Management</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><b><a href="/wiki/European_Commission" title="European Commission">European Commission</a> bodies</b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Directorate-General_for_Defence_Industry_and_Space" title="Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space">Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><b>Funding</b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_Defence_Fund" title="European Defence Fund">Defence Fund</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th 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title="European Secure Software-defined Radio">Secure Software-defined Radio</a> (PESCO)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Decorations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Common_Security_and_Defence_Policy_Service_Medal" title="Common Security and Defence Policy Service Medal">Service medal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Common_Security_and_Defence_Policy_Service_Medal" title="Common Security and Defence Policy Service Medal">Medal for Extraordinary Meritorious Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Community_Monitor_Mission_Medal" title="European Community Monitor Mission Medal">Monitor mission medal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list 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relations</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Africa</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albania%E2%80%93Egypt_relations" title="Albania–Egypt relations">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albania%E2%80%93Libya_relations" title="Albania–Libya relations">Libya</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Americas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albania%E2%80%93Brazil_relations" title="Albania–Brazil relations">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albania%E2%80%93Canada_relations" title="Albania–Canada 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href="/wiki/Albania%E2%80%93Croatia_relations" title="Albania–Croatia relations">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albania%E2%80%93Czech_Republic_relations" title="Albania–Czech Republic relations">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albania%E2%80%93Denmark_relations" title="Albania–Denmark relations">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albania%E2%80%93Finland_relations" title="Albania–Finland relations">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albania%E2%80%93France_relations" title="Albania–France relations">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albania%E2%80%93Germany_relations" title="Albania–Germany relations">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albania%E2%80%93Greece_relations" title="Albania–Greece relations">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albania%E2%80%93Hungary_relations" title="Albania–Hungary relations">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albania%E2%80%93Italy_relations" title="Albania–Italy relations">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albania%E2%80%93Kosovo_relations" 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title="Albania–Russia relations">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albania%E2%80%93Serbia_relations" title="Albania–Serbia relations">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albania%E2%80%93Slovakia_relations" title="Albania–Slovakia relations">Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albania%E2%80%93Slovenia_relations" title="Albania–Slovenia relations">Slovenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albania%E2%80%93Spain_relations" title="Albania–Spain relations">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albania%E2%80%93Ukraine_relations" title="Albania–Ukraine relations">Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albania%E2%80%93United_Kingdom_relations" title="Albania–United Kingdom relations">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albania%E2%80%93Holy_See_relations" title="Albania–Holy See relations">Vatican City</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Oceania</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div 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style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Diplomacy</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_for_Europe_and_Foreign_Affairs_(Albania)" title="Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (Albania)">Ministry of Foreign Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_of_Albania" title="List of diplomatic missions of Albania">Diplomatic missions of Albania</a> / <a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_in_Albania" title="List of diplomatic missions in Albania">in Albania</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Enlargement_and_partners_of_the_European_Union" 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title="1981 enlargement of the European Communities">1981</a> (Greece)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1986_enlargement_of_the_European_Communities" title="1986 enlargement of the European Communities">1986</a> (Portugal, Spain)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1995_enlargement_of_the_European_Union" title="1995 enlargement of the European Union">1995</a> (Austria, Finland, Sweden)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2004_enlargement_of_the_European_Union" title="2004 enlargement of the European Union">2004</a> (Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2007_enlargement_of_the_European_Union" title="2007 enlargement of the European Union">2007</a> (Bulgaria, Romania)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2013_enlargement_of_the_European_Union" title="2013 enlargement of the European Union">2013</a> (Croatia)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Statistics_relating_to_enlargement_of_the_European_Union" title="Statistics relating to enlargement of the European Union">Statistics</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Potential_enlargement_of_the_European_Union" title="Potential enlargement of the European Union">Candidates</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Potential_enlargement_of_the_European_Union#Western_Balkans" title="Potential enlargement of the European Union">Negotiating</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Acquis_communautaire#Chapters" title="Acquis communautaire">Screened</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_Albania.svg/21px-Flag_of_Albania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_Albania.svg/32px-Flag_of_Albania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_Albania.svg/42px-Flag_of_Albania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Albania" title="Albania">Albania</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">status</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Montenegro.svg/23px-Flag_of_Montenegro.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Montenegro.svg/35px-Flag_of_Montenegro.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Montenegro.svg/46px-Flag_of_Montenegro.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Montenegro" title="Montenegro">Montenegro</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Montenegro_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Montenegro to the European Union">status</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Moldova.svg/23px-Flag_of_Moldova.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Moldova.svg/35px-Flag_of_Moldova.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Moldova.svg/46px-Flag_of_Moldova.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="900" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Moldova" title="Moldova">Moldova</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Moldova_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Moldova to the European Union">status</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Moldova%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Moldova–European Union relations">relations</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/35px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/46px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/North_Macedonia" title="North Macedonia">North Macedonia</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Accession_of_North_Macedonia_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of North Macedonia to the European Union">status</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1350" data-file-height="900" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia">Serbia</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Serbia_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Serbia to the European Union">status</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Ukraine_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Ukraine to the European Union">status</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ukraine%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Ukraine–European Union relations">relations</a></span></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Pre-negotiations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the European Union">status</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Georgia_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Georgia to the European Union">status</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Georgia%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Georgia–European Union relations">relations</a></span></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Potential_enlargement_of_the_European_Union#Turkey" title="Potential enlargement of the European Union">Suspended negotiations</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Turkey_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Turkey to the European Union">status</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/European_Union%E2%80%93Turkey_relations" title="European Union–Turkey relations">relations</a></span></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Potential_enlargement_of_the_European_Union" title="Potential enlargement of the European Union">Potential candidates</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Kosovo.svg/21px-Flag_of_Kosovo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Kosovo.svg/32px-Flag_of_Kosovo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Kosovo.svg/42px-Flag_of_Kosovo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="840" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kosovo" title="Kosovo">Kosovo</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Kosovo_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Kosovo to the European Union">status</a></span></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/European_Neighbourhood_Policy" title="European Neighbourhood Policy">Partnerships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Partnership" title="Eastern Partnership">Eastern Partnership</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Armenia%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Armenia–European Union relations">relations</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Azerbaijan–European Union relations">relations</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/46px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Belarus" title="Belarus">Belarus</a> (<i>suspended</i>)</span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Belarus%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Belarus–European Union relations">relations</a></span></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Dimension" title="Northern Dimension">Northern Dimension</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/21px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/32px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/42px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1250" data-file-height="900" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland">Iceland</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Iceland%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Iceland–European Union relations">relations</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Norway%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Norway–European Union relations">relations</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Russia%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Russia–European Union relations">relations</a></span></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/European_Union_Customs_Union" title="European Union Customs Union">Customs union</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Andorra.svg/22px-Flag_of_Andorra.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Andorra.svg/33px-Flag_of_Andorra.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Andorra.svg/43px-Flag_of_Andorra.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Andorra" title="Andorra">Andorra</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Andorra%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Andorra–European Union relations">relations</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_Monaco.svg/19px-Flag_of_Monaco.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_Monaco.svg/29px-Flag_of_Monaco.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_Monaco.svg/38px-Flag_of_Monaco.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Monaco" title="Monaco">Monaco</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Monaco%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Monaco–European Union relations">relations</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Flag_of_San_Marino.svg/20px-Flag_of_San_Marino.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Flag_of_San_Marino.svg/31px-Flag_of_San_Marino.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Flag_of_San_Marino.svg/40px-Flag_of_San_Marino.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/San_Marino" title="San Marino">San Marino</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/San_Marino%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="San Marino–European Union relations">relations</a></span></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/European_Union_free_trade_agreements" class="mw-redirect" title="European Union free trade agreements">Free trade agreements</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg/23px-Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg/35px-Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg/46px-Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Liechtenstein" title="Liechtenstein">Liechtenstein</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Liechtenstein%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Liechtenstein–European Union relations">relations</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/16px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/24px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/32px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span>  </span><a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Switzerland%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Switzerland–European Union relations">relations</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="United Kingdom–European Union relations">relations</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/EU%E2%80%93UK_Trade_and_Cooperation_Agreement" title="EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement">Trade and Cooperation Agreement</a></span></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other geographically<br />European countries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan" title="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Kazakhstan–European Union relations">relations</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282023%E2%80%93present%29.svg/16px-Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282023%E2%80%93present%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282023%E2%80%93present%29.svg/24px-Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282023%E2%80%93present%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282023%E2%80%93present%29.svg/32px-Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282023%E2%80%93present%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Vatican_City" title="Vatican City">Vatican City</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Holy See–European Union relations">relations</a></span></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Member_state_of_the_European_Union" title="Member state of the European Union">Current membership</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Copenhagen_criteria" title="Copenhagen criteria">Criteria</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Withdrawal_from_the_European_Union" title="Withdrawal from the European Union">Withdrawal</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brexit" title="Brexit">Brexit</a></span></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="23x15px&#124;border_&#124;alt=European_Union&#124;link=European_Union_Berlin_Process" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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href="/wiki/2017_Western_Balkans_Summit,_Trieste" title="2017 Western Balkans Summit, Trieste">2017 Trieste</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Western_Balkans_Summit,_London" title="2018 Western Balkans Summit, London">2018 London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Western_Balkans_Summit,_Pozna%C5%84" title="2019 Western Balkans Summit, Poznań">2019 Poznań</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Western_Balkans_Summit,_Sofia" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 Western Balkans Summit, Sofia">2020 Sofia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Western_Balkans_Summit,_Berlin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2021 Western Balkans Summit, Berlin (page does not exist)">2021 Berlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Western_Balkans_Summit,_Berlin" class="mw-redirect" title="2022 Western Balkans Summit, Berlin">2022 Berlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Western_Balkans_Summit,_Tirana" title="2023 Western Balkans Summit, Tirana">2023 Tirana</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Bodies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Southeast_Europe_Transport_Community" title="Southeast Europe Transport Community">Southeast Europe Transport Community</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Non-member states</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Screened candidates</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Albania" title="Albania"><img alt="Albania" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_Albania.svg/21px-Flag_of_Albania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_Albania.svg/32px-Flag_of_Albania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_Albania.svg/42px-Flag_of_Albania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Albania</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Montenegro" title="Montenegro"><img alt="Montenegro" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Montenegro.svg/23px-Flag_of_Montenegro.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Montenegro.svg/35px-Flag_of_Montenegro.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Montenegro.svg/46px-Flag_of_Montenegro.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Montenegro_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Montenegro to the European Union">Montenegro</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/North_Macedonia" title="North Macedonia"><img alt="North Macedonia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/35px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/46px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Accession_of_North_Macedonia_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of North Macedonia to the European Union">North Macedonia</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia"><img alt="Serbia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1350" data-file-height="900" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Serbia_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Serbia to the European Union">Serbia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Unscreened candidates</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina"><img alt="Bosnia and Herzegovina" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the European Union">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine"><img alt="Ukraine" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Ukraine_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Ukraine to the European Union">Ukraine</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)"><img alt="Georgia (country)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Georgia_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Georgia to the European Union">Georgia</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Moldova" title="Moldova"><img alt="Moldova" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Moldova.svg/23px-Flag_of_Moldova.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Moldova.svg/35px-Flag_of_Moldova.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Moldova.svg/46px-Flag_of_Moldova.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="900" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Moldova_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Moldova to the European Union">Moldova</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Unscreened potential candidates<br /></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Kosovo" title="Kosovo"><img alt="Kosovo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Kosovo.svg/21px-Flag_of_Kosovo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Kosovo.svg/32px-Flag_of_Kosovo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Kosovo.svg/42px-Flag_of_Kosovo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="840" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Kosovo_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Kosovo to the European Union">Kosovo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Member states</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">European Union partner states</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria"><img alt="Austria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austria</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a></li> <li><span 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other European Union states involved</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria"><img alt="Bulgaria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia"><img alt="Croatia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia">Croatia</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland"><img alt="Poland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Slovenia" title="Slovenia"><img alt="Slovenia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Slovenia" title="Slovenia">Slovenia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>See Also: <a href="/wiki/Future_enlargement_of_the_European_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Future enlargement of the European Union">Future enlargement of the European Union</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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<li><a href="/wiki/Amantes_(tribe)" title="Amantes (tribe)">Amantes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amantini" title="Amantini">Amantini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balaites" title="Balaites">Balaites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bylliones" title="Bylliones">Bylliones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dassaretii" title="Dassaretii">Dassaretii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enchele" title="Enchele">Enchele</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labeatae" title="Labeatae">Labeatae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parthini" title="Parthini">Parthini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taulantii" title="Taulantii">Taulantii</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Albanian_principalities" title="Albanian principalities">Middle Ages</a><br />(1190–1385)<br /></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Arbanon" title="Principality of Arbanon">Principality of Arbanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Albania_(medieval)" title="Kingdom of Albania (medieval)">Kingdom of Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Despotate_of_Arta" title="Despotate of Arta">Despotate of Arta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Kastrioti" title="House of Kastrioti">House of Kastrioti</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Albania_under_the_Ottoman_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Albania under the Ottoman Empire">Ottoman period</a><br />(1385–1912)<br /></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Skanderbeg%27s_rebellion" title="Skanderbeg's rebellion">Skanderbeg's rebellion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/League_of_Lezh%C3%AB" title="League of Lezhë">League of Lezhë</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanun_(Albania)" title="Kanun (Albania)">Kanun of Lekë Dukagjini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arb%C3%ABni_Council" title="Arbëni Council">Arbëni Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamization_of_Albania" title="Islamization of Albania">Islamization of Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Pashaliks" title="Albanian Pashaliks">Albanian Pashaliks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Massacre_of_the_Albanian_Beys" title="Massacre of the Albanian Beys">Massacre of the Albanian Beys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_revolts_of_1833%E2%80%931839" title="Albanian revolts of 1833–1839">Revolts of 1833–1839</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uprising_of_Dervish_Cara" title="Uprising of Dervish Cara">Uprising of Dervish Cara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_National_Awakening" title="Albanian National Awakening">Albanian National Awakening</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/League_of_Prizren" title="League of Prizren">League of Prizren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congress_of_Manastir" title="Congress of Manastir">Congress of Manastir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_revolt_of_1910" title="Albanian revolt of 1910">Revolt of 1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malissori_uprising" title="Malissori uprising">Malissori uprising</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taksim_meeting" title="Taksim meeting">Taksim meeting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_revolt_of_1912" title="Albanian revolt of 1912">Revolt of 1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kimza_Government" title="Kimza Government">Kimza Government</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Albania" title="Independent Albania">Independence</a><br />(1912–present)<br /></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Declaration_of_Independence" title="Albanian Declaration of Independence">Declaration of Independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Himni_i_Flamurit" title="Himni i Flamurit">Anthem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provisional_Government_of_Albania" title="Provisional Government of Albania">Provisional Government of Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albania_during_the_Balkan_Wars" title="Albania during the Balkan Wars">Albania during the Balkan Wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Central_Albania" title="Republic of Central Albania">Republic of Central Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Albania" title="Principality of Albania">Principality of Albania (1914–25)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_War_I_in_Albania" title="World War I in Albania">World War I in Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_Province_of_Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB" title="Autonomous Province of Korçë">Autonomous Province of Korçë</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_protectorate_over_Albania" title="Italian protectorate over Albania">Italian protectorate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vlora_War" title="Vlora War">Vlora War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Mirdita" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of Mirdita">Republic of Mirdita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Republic_(1925%E2%80%931928)" title="Albanian Republic (1925–1928)">Albanian Republic (1925–1928)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Kingdom_(1928%E2%80%931939)" title="Albanian Kingdom (1928–1939)">Albanian Kingdom (1928–1939)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_protectorate_of_Albania_(1939%E2%80%931943)" title="Italian protectorate of Albania (1939–1943)">Union with Italian kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_invasion_of_Albania" title="Italian invasion of Albania">Italian invasion of Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_occupation_of_Albania" title="German occupation of Albania">German Nazi occupation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Holocaust_in_Albania" title="The Holocaust in Albania">The Holocaust in Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_War_II_in_Albania" title="World War II in Albania">Albanian resistance during World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Socialist_Republic_of_Albania" title="People's Socialist Republic of Albania">Communist Albania (1946–91)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Orthography_Congress" title="Albanian Orthography Congress">Orthography Congress (1972)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Post-Communist_Albania" title="History of Post-Communist Albania">Post-Communist Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Albanian_civil_unrest" title="1997 Albanian civil unrest">1997 Civil Unrest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albania%E2%80%93NATO_relations" title="Albania–NATO relations">NATO membership</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">EU Accession</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Origin_of_the_Albanians" title="Origin of the Albanians">Origins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Albanian_history" title="Timeline of Albanian history">Timeline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_archives_in_Albania" title="List of archives in Albania">Archives</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Albania" title="Albania"><img alt="Albania" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Coat_of_arms_of_Albania.svg/50px-Coat_of_arms_of_Albania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Coat_of_arms_of_Albania.svg/75px-Coat_of_arms_of_Albania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Coat_of_arms_of_Albania.svg/100px-Coat_of_arms_of_Albania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="251" data-file-height="383" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Albania" title="Geography of Albania">Geography</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Landscape</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_Albania" title="List of mountains in Albania">Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Albania" title="List of rivers of Albania">Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lakes_of_Albania" title="List of lakes of Albania">Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Albania" title="List of islands of Albania">Islands</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Environment_of_Albania" title="Environment of Albania">Environment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Albania" title="Climate of Albania">Climate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biodiversity_of_Albania" title="Biodiversity of Albania">Biodiversity</a></li> <li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:Fauna_of_Albania" title="Category:Fauna of Albania">Habitat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protected_areas_of_Albania" title="Protected areas of Albania">Protected areas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Albania" title="Politics of Albania">Politics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Executive</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Ministers_(Albania)" title="Council of Ministers (Albania)">Government</a> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Category:Government_agencies_of_Albania" title="Category:Government agencies of Albania">agencies</a>)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Albania" title="President of Albania">Head of state</a> <i>(<a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_Albania" title="List of heads of state of Albania">list</a>)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Albania" title="Prime Minister of Albania">Prime Minister</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Albania" title="Foreign relations of Albania">Foreign relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Albania" title="List of political parties in Albania">Political parties</a></li> <li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:Treaties_of_Albania" title="Category:Treaties of Albania">Treaties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visa_policy_of_Albania" title="Visa policy of Albania">Visa policy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_Albania" title="Judiciary of Albania">Judiciary</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Vetting_Institutions" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Vetting Institutions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special_Appellate_College_(Albania)" title="Special Appellate College (Albania)">KPA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Institution_of_Public_Commissioners_(Albania)" title="Institution of Public Commissioners (Albania)">IKP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Monitoring_Operation_(Albania)" title="International Monitoring Operation (Albania)">ONM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Qualification_Commission_(Albania)" title="Independent Qualification Commission (Albania)">KPK</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Albania" title="Constitution of Albania">Constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Albania" title="Corruption in Albania">Corruption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EURALIUS" title="EURALIUS">EURALIUS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SPAK" class="mw-redirect" title="SPAK">SPAK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prosecutor_General_(Albania)" title="Prosecutor General (Albania)">Prosecutor General</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Albania" title="Administrative divisions of Albania">Subdivisions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/NUTS_statistical_regions_of_Albania" title="NUTS statistical regions of Albania">NUTS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Albania" title="Counties of Albania">Counties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Albania" title="Municipalities of Albania">Municipalities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_Albania" title="List of cities and towns in Albania">Cities and towns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communes_of_Albania" title="Communes of Albania">Communes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Villages_of_Albania" title="Villages of Albania">Villages</a></li> <li><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Maps_of_Albania" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Maps of Albania">Maps</a></li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Legislature</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Albania" title="Elections in Albania">Elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Albania" title="Parliament of Albania">Assembly</a> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Parliament_of_Albania" title="Speaker of the Parliament of Albania">speakers</a>)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Lists_of_members_of_the_Parliament_of_Albania" title="Category:Lists of members of the Parliament of Albania">Members</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Albania)" title="Leader of the Opposition (Albania)">Opposition</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Albania" title="Human rights in Albania">Human rights</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_Albania" title="Abortion in Albania">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Albania" title="Capital punishment in Albania">Capital punishment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_assassinations_in_Albania" title="List of assassinations in Albania">Assassinations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Albania" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Albania">LGBT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avokati_i_Popullit" title="Avokati i Popullit">Ombudsman</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Security</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Armed_Forces" title="Albanian Armed Forces">Military</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_Police_(Albania)" title="State Police (Albania)">Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_mafia" title="Albanian mafia">Organized crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prisons_in_Albania" title="Prisons in Albania">Prisons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Border_crossings_of_Albania" title="Border crossings of Albania">Border crossings</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Albania" title="Economy of Albania">Economy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Finance</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Banking_in_Albania" title="Banking in Albania">Banking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_lek" title="Albanian lek">Lek <span style="font-size:85%;">(currency)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taxation_in_Albania" title="Taxation in Albania">Taxation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trade_unions_in_Albania" title="Trade unions in Albania">Trade unions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_Supreme_Audit_(Albania)" title="State Supreme Audit (Albania)">State Supreme Audit</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Retail</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_shopping_malls_in_Albania" title="List of shopping malls in Albania">Shopping centers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_supermarket_chains_in_Albania" title="List of supermarket chains in Albania">Supermarkets</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Industry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_Albania" title="Agriculture in Albania">Agriculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Healthcare_in_Albania" title="Healthcare in Albania">Healthcare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_companies_of_Albania" title="List of companies of Albania">Companies</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Renewable_energy_in_Albania" title="Renewable energy in Albania">Energy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Operators" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Operators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Power_Corporation" title="Albanian Power Corporation">KESH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transmission_System_Operator_(Albania)" title="Transmission System Operator (Albania)">OST</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operatori_i_Shp%C3%ABrndarjes_s%C3%AB_Energjis%C3%AB_Elektrike" title="Operatori i Shpërndarjes së Energjisë Elektrike">OSHEE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_Regulatory_Authority_(Albania)" title="Energy Regulatory Authority (Albania)">ERE</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_power_stations_in_Albania" title="List of power stations in Albania">Hydropower plants</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Natural resources</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_oil_and_gas_fields_in_Albania" title="List of oil and gas fields in Albania">Oil and gas</a></li> <li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:Mining_in_Albania" title="Category:Mining in Albania">Mining</a></li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Infrastructure</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Highways_in_Albania" title="Highways in Albania">Highways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_airports_in_Albania" title="List of airports in Albania">Aviation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ports_in_Albania" title="List of ports in Albania">Ports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Albania" title="Rail transport in Albania">Railways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_bridges_in_Albania" title="List of bridges in Albania">Bridges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_tunnels_in_Albania" title="List of tunnels in Albania">Tunnels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Albania" title="List of tallest buildings in Albania">Highrises</a> <i>(<a href="/wiki/List_of_tallest_structures_in_Albania" title="List of tallest structures in Albania">structures</a>)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telecommunications_in_Albania" title="Telecommunications in Albania">Telecommunications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Posta_Shqiptare" title="Posta Shqiptare">Posta Shqiptare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Squatting_in_Albania" title="Squatting in Albania">Squatting</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Albania" title="Tourism in Albania">Tourism</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Monuments" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Monuments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_archaeological_sites_in_Albania" title="List of archaeological sites in Albania">Archaeological sites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_castles_in_Albania" title="List of castles in Albania">Castles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mosques_in_Albania" title="List of mosques in Albania">Mosques</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_tekkes_in_Albania" title="List of tekkes in Albania">Tekkes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_churches_in_Albania" title="List of churches in Albania">Churches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lighthouses_in_Albania" title="List of lighthouses in Albania">Lighthouses</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Adriatic_Sea_Coast" title="Albanian Adriatic Sea Coast">Adriatic Sea Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Ionian_Sea_Coast" title="Albanian Ionian Sea Coast">Ionian Sea Coast</a> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Albanian_Riviera" title="Albanian Riviera">riviera</a>)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_beaches_in_Albania" title="List of beaches in Albania">Beaches</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:High-contrast-camera-photo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/High-contrast-camera-photo.svg/17px-High-contrast-camera-photo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/High-contrast-camera-photo.svg/26px-High-contrast-camera-photo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/High-contrast-camera-photo.svg/34px-High-contrast-camera-photo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></a></span> <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Photographs_of_Albania" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Photographs of Albania">Images of Albania</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Society_of_Albania" title="Category:Society of Albania">Society</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Albanians" title="Albanians">People</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Albania" title="Demographics of Albania">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Census_in_Albania" title="Census in Albania">Census</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_tribes" title="Albanian tribes">Tribes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_nobility" title="Albanian nobility">Noble families</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_diaspora" title="Albanian diaspora">Diaspora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Albania" title="Women in Albania">Women</a></li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Albanian_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Albanian culture">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Albanian_art" title="Albanian art">Art</a> <small><a href="/wiki/List_of_art_galleries_in_Albania" title="List of art galleries in Albania">(galleries)</a></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Architecture_of_Albania" title="Architecture of Albania">Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Photography_in_Albania" title="Photography in Albania">Photography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_museums_in_Albania" title="List of museums in Albania">Museums</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_theatres_in_Albania" title="List of theatres in Albania">Theatres</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Albania" title="Education in Albania">Education</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_alphabet" title="Albanian alphabet">Alphabet</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Category:Albanian_scripts" title="Category:Albanian scripts">scripts</a></small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abetare" title="Abetare">Abetare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_language" title="Albanian language">Language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_literature" title="Albanian literature">Literature</a></li> <li><a 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