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1. Welcomed the successful launch last year of the High Level Dialogue with the
European Commission on the country's key reforms required for the EU
integration;
2. Expressing full support for Albania's future accession to the European Union
regretted the decision of the Council to postpone the EU candidate status to
Albania and called on the Council to follow up the recommendation of the
European Commission without further delay;
3. Underlined the need to maintain the genuine political dialogue in the country
and called on both the ruling majority and the opposition parties to support the
key reforms needed for the EU integration,; encouraged the responsible
authorities to effective implementation in an inclusive and constructive
manner and present a clear track record ahead of the June Council meeting;
urged all the political forces to restrain from disrespectful rhetoric and avoid
boycotting or blocking the proceedings of the parliamentary bodies;
4. Welcomed the sustained commitment of the government to the reforms of
judiciary and fight against corruption, which will be among the main focus
points of the next European Commission report and urged the Albanian
authorities to consolidate progress achieved so far; approved the extensive
cooperation with the Venice Commission and the European Commission in
this regard;
5. Welcomed the agreement of all the main political parties on the necessity of
the administrative-territorial reform, called on its soon implementation, and
encouraged all parties to work together in consensual way in order to
successfully implement this reform; expressed hope that all parties would play
an active and constructive role in the work of the ad-hoc Parliamentary
Committee on Territorial and Administrative Reform;
6. Reminded that the Public Administration Reform is one of the key priorities for
Albania's progress on its European integration path and regretted the delay of
the official publication of the verdict of the Constitutional Court on the
normative act regarding the civil service law; calls on the government to
enforce the Constitutional Court ruling and ensure the full entry into force and
implementation of the Civil Service Law approved by consensus a year ago;
7. Stressed that an independent, transparent and efficient public administration
is one of the foundations of the well-functioning bureaucracy of a democratic
state and essential for a country aspiring to join the European Union;
welcomed the close collaboration of the Albanian government with the
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European Commission in preparing this reform;
8. Commended the country on the further progress and concrete results
achieved in the fight against organized crime; expressed concern, however,
that Albania remained the country of origin for the trafficking of human beings,
including minors - in this field it is essential to establish a solid track record of
investigations, prosecutions and convictions; underlined the extensive cross-
border cooperation of criminal gangs and in this respect welcomed intensified
cooperation of Albania with Frontex, Europol and the neighboring countries;
9. Regretted that the ruling majority and the opposition did not manage to reach
consensus on the composition of the steering council of the public
broadcaster and the Audiovisual Media Authority (AMA), welcomed the
decision on assistance of the international experts (Council of Europe,
European Commission and the OSCE Presence in Albania) in drafting
amendments to the laws on audiovisual sector; furthermore welcomed
Albania's improved record in the media freedom, with the country rising from
the previously held 102th to the 85th position in 2013, in the Reporters without
Borders index;
10. Noted the negative trends in economy in 2013, when the GDP fell by 2.3%
during the third trimester and the significant increase of the public debt and
the deficit; expressed hope that the 2014 would be a turning point for the
country's economy and invited the competent authorities to maintain
macroeconomic and social stability, while strengthening further tax collection
and the fight against the informal economy which are important for social
cohesion and economic prospects;
11. Commended Albania for playing constructive and stabilizing role in the region
and for its efforts to ensure good relations with all its neighbors; welcomed the
on-going constructive dialogue with Greece on the pending bilateral issues
and talks with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on the debated
project of the hydropower plant; encouraged Albania to continue fostering this
constructive attitude towards its neighbors.
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