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Expert briefing
Publication date: 21 November 2016

Turkey's faltering EU accession process looks more at risk than ever, following Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn's warning that Ankara had "clearly chosen to move away from…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 6 April 2017

The governing Socialist Party (PSSh) under Prime Minister Edi Rama is expected to win again. This implies policy continuity by what has hitherto been a successful reformist…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 9 March 2018

Judicial reform.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 8 November 2022

He said their focus on Albanians was “fuelling xenophobia” in the United Kingdom. The spotlight on unauthorised Albanian migrants has followed a surge in the number crossing the…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 30 September 2020

The code would incorporate controversial constitutional amendments favouring the governing Socialist Party (PS). The slow pace of judicial reform has held back Albania’s EU…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 17 February 2021

The anti-establishment party took a resounding 47.9% of the vote, and will now form a government. The established parties performed poorly, the second-placed Democratic Party of…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 9 October 2019

It gained 25.8% of the popular vote, on a turnout of 44.0%. Another opposition party, the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), came second with 24.9%. The former governing parties…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 12 July 2021

Rama’s remarks followed the arrest of Lushnja Mayor Fatos Tushe, accused of abuse of office regarding public procurement. A more proactive policy against corruption and organised…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 23 December 2021

The EU and Kosovo signed a Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) in 2015 but Kosovo has not taken the next step, of applying for membership, out of a well-founded fear of…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 13 March 2017

Macedonia's political impasse.

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