Foreign Minister Ferit Hoxha described the EU’s 2026 progress report as the most comprehensive assessment of Albania’s progress toward membership. The document was handed over by EU Ambassador Sofia Moreira de Sousa during a meeting between them.
According to Hoxha, the report is the basis for the country’s next steps. He assessed that Albania has made significant progress, but must also face the challenges that remain.
“Albania is capable not only of making commitments, but also of fulfilling them,” the head of diplomacy wrote on X.
Hoxha noted that the goal of closing negotiations by the end of 2027 has been reflected for the first time in an EU document as “ambitious, but achievable”. Achieving it, he stressed, requires quality reforms and sustained implementation.
