Original scientific paper

Albania on its way to the European Union

Arian Starova

Abstract

The European Dream of almost all the former communist countries has had deep roots in their historical past, but it began to cherish as a dream of a real future after the Copenhagen Summit of 21-22 June, 1993, defined the criteria for membership of these countries in the European Union. After this official announcement of the political decision of the European Union to enlarge itself with former communist countries, most of these countries started processes that would bring them at different speeds either into EU or closer to it. Today, eight former communist countries have already become members of the EU (Estonia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia) and the two of them have recently become associate members (Bulgaria, Romania). Albania, which had for long suffered in the harshest and the most isolated communist regime and started the democratic revolution under the students’ slogan “We want Albania to be like the Western Europe”, would necessarily embark on the road into the European Union.

Keywords

Albania; European Union; EU; Stabilization and Association Agreement; SAA; accession to the EU

Hrčak ID:

6653

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/6653

Publication date:

1.10.2004.

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