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Albania

Albania is a candidate country for EU membership. The EU is Albania’s primary political and economic partner, and its largest donor and investor. To help the country progress on its EU path, the EU provides financial assistance in a wide range of areas – from agriculture to transport, green energy to support for entrepreneurs, and much more.
This goes hand-in-hand with support for improvements that are necessary to meet EU standards, in areas like the judiciary and public administration. In this way, EU is contributing to improve the quality of life and opportunities for Albania’s citizens.

FACTS AND FIGURES

These infographics are based on latest available statistical data produced by Eurostat (2019).

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KEY MILESTONES

Apr 2009

Application for EU membership

Entry into force of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement

Dec 2010

Entry into force of visa liberalisation

Jun 2014

EU candidate country status granted

Apr 2018

Commission recommends opening of accession negotiations

Jun 2018

The Council sets out the path towards opening accession negotiations

Mar 2020

EU decides to open accession negotiations

Jul 2020

Presentation of the draft negotiating framework to the Member States

Jul 2022

Intergovernmental Conference on accession negotiations (IGC)

Start of the screening process