Albania has completed the technical preparations to provisionally close five more EU negotiating chapters in 2026, Chief EU Negotiator Majlinda Dhuka announced today.

Speaking before the Parliamentary Committee on European Affairs and Foreign Policy, Dhuka said Albania continues to follow the EU roadmap, which предусматри the closure of six additional chapters by the end of 2026.

The five chapters cover company law (Chapter 6), intellectual property law (Chapter 7), trans-European networks (Chapter 21), fisheries (Chapter 13), and economic and monetary policy (Chapter 17). Albania has already provisionally closed four chapters.

Meanwhile, Dhuka said the European Commission will assess the technical preparations in the coming weeks. Discussions will then begin within the EU Council’s COELA and COREPER bodies.

Chapter 3, which covers the freedom to provide services, remains under discussion. Dhuka said another assessment meeting will take place tomorrow.

Turning to the European Commission’s latest progress report, she highlighted its positive assessment of Albania’s justice institutions and their fight against crime and corruption.

She said the report recognised the results achieved by SPAK, the General Prosecutor’s Office and the Special Court. Dhuka added that Albania continues to make progress against organised and high-level corruption.

She stressed that the country must maintain its reforms and address the remaining challenges as it approaches the final stage of EU accession negotiations.

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