Brussels, Rama before the start of the 8th Albania-EU Conference: Albania, the most pro-EU country
Prime Minister Rama is in Brussels today to participate in the 8th Albania - European Union Intergovernmental Conference, at the head of a delegation composed of cabinet ministers.
Upon his arrival, Prime Minister Rama spoke to the media present:
-Prime Minister, what is the importance of this day for Albania and the Albanian people?
Prime Minister Edi Rama: It is a very, very important moment in our journey towards membership and it is a moment for which we have been working very hard for a long time. And it is a moment where half of the work, if I may say so, of the open chapters will be closed and the other half of the closure will be opened.
-I want to ask that it has been said that for future member states it is considered that new member states do not have the right to decide on certain issues. What do you think about this?
Prime Minister Edi Rama: I have actually mentioned them, I have been a champion of different approaches in the past because I have learned that the capacity to continue the expansion, as has happened before, is not there, in the important capitals and it is very clear on the other hand that if it is done properly, it is the right thing to do.
So I support it, but it needs to be discussed, it needs to be conceived properly because it is not about easy membership. It is about, first, a real political union and, second, a journey to full membership with full rights along with the necessary reforms of the European Union.
-How long do you think it would be okay for Albania to be a member of the EU without the right of veto, how long would it be okay for Albania to be like this?
Prime Minister Edi Rama: Listen, Albania is a country that has always been 100% in line with EU foreign policy, so we have not felt any pleasure in imagining having a veto, being the most pro-European Union and pro-Atlantic country in Europe, and when I say the most pro-EU country, I am talking about the EU barometer, I am not talking about what we think. We are EU fanatics, so EU fanatics cannot veto EU decisions.
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