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"Mr President, despite the fact that we have a joint debate today, Albania and Kosovo are very different. What unites them is the European perspective, given and reconfirmed on a number of occasions. Kosovo is struggling to create state institutions that function well, while its independence is not recognised by five of the EU Member States. We cannot exert pressure on these countries to revise their decision, but what we should expect is to work together to produce an approach that would allow Kosovo to move irreversibly towards EU membership. The first important successful step should be visa dialogue and the beginning of talks on the stabilisation and association agreement, whatever we may call it.
Regarding Albania, the first and most urgent action needed is to find a solution to the lasting political crisis, which has the capacity to block the country’s EU integration process. In this respect, if we are serious about our support for Albania, it is our joint responsibility to facilitate an agreement between government and opposition. I have to express a certain disappointment in our fellow Members from the European People’s Party, where either they are not consistent enough or their political influence over the ruling party in Tirana and its leader, Mr Berisha, was simply too limited. However, I still hope that the two biggest European political families will resume their joint efforts with more success after the summer break."@en1
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