Procedure file

Towards the accession of Albania to the EU: Members fully supported Albanias accession to the EU, and called for the accession negotiations to be opened as soon as there is credible and sustainable progress in the implementation of comprehensive judicial reform. [...] It called for measures to raise the professional and ethical standards of and prevalence of regular work contracts for journalists, to enhance the transparency of government advertising in the media, and to ensure the independence, impartiality and accountability of the regulatory authority and the public broadcaster. [...] Towards the accession of Albania to the EU: Parliament welcomed the Commissions recommendation for opening accession negotiations with Albania; fully supports Albanias accession to the EU and called for the accession negotiations to be opened as soon as there is credible and sustainable progress in the implementation of comprehensive judicial reform and the fight against organised crime and corrup. [...] It called for measures to raise the professional and ethical standards of and prevalence of regular work contracts for journalists, to enhance the transparency of government advertising in the media, and to ensure the independence, impartiality and accountability of the regulatory authority and the public broadcaster. [...] They advised the government to consider the establishment of a Vjosa National Park along the whole length of the river and to abandon plans for new hydropower plants along the Vjosa river and its tributaries.