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"Mr President, the Stabilisation and Association Agreement with Albania is both a creative coincidence of the will of the country in question for a more intense European orientation and the will of the European Union and its Member States for the fuller integration of Albania into the European structures.
The agreement in question extends the European plan for security, stability, democracy, the rule of law and protection of fundamental rights to the area of the Western Balkans; a plan of good governance, respect for minority rights and the consistent cultivation of good neighbourly relations, a plan of economic reform, development and the modernisation of infrastructures, open to cross-border cooperation and to regional, economic and political integration.
The motion for a resolution by the European Parliament formulates the facts, listing the shortcomings and describing the prospects. The challenge of the somewhat new dynamic relations between the European Union and Albania consists in the gradual qualitative adaptation of Albania to the
of principles, values, rules and conduct. It also consists in strengthening public institutions, more intense technocratic efficiency and definitively bridging the confidence gap between agents with reforming intentions and the citizens of Albania. Lastly, the challenge consists in bridging the gap between formal acceptance and real application of the
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Within the framework of the required adjustment, administrative, police and judicial modernisation in order to combat organised crime and corruption, the greatest possible participation of civil society in the political process and the establishment of viable and transparent mechanisms for the operation of the market economy are vying for first place.
My thoughts move in the direction laid down by Mrs Pack and Mr Posselt but, adding a spirit of good neighbourly relations, we support the new framework of relations between the European Union and Albania and anticipate faster rates of adjustment.
The benefits which are expected to emerge both for the Albanian people and for the Union itself are obvious. All that is needed is the consistent and effective commitment of Albania to its European prospects.
As a deviation, an
from the debate on the subject of Albania and link with the previous debate on Kosovo, I should like to put a clear question to Commissioner Rehn, the guardian of Community legality, as a member of the Commission:
There is the recognised principle of respect for human rights. A recognised principle, under international law, is also territorial sovereignty. Can you tell me what the ratio, the weighting is between these two principles?"@en1
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