Brussels, 05/12/2013 (Agence Europe) - Underlining that “European integration is a national objective”, the leader of the Albanian Parliament, Ilir Meta, said on 5 December that candidate status for Albania - which the Council could grant on 17 December - “would encourage us to continue the reforms”. Meta told the European Parliament's foreign affairs committee that this is “an important time for Albania and its aspirations to participate in the European process”. However,...