On Tuesday 13 June, EU member state embassies and the EU delegation in Albania called on all the relevant Albanian authorities to "adhere to their full commitment to the implementation of the justice reform, which was unanimously voted in the Albanian Parliament" in July 2016.
"Vetting of judges and prosecutors, as envisaged in the legislation that has already been reviewed both by the Venice Commission and the Constitutional Court of Albania, needs to start", they state in a joint press release. The implementation of the justice reform, and in particular the vetting, are one of the criteria for the opening of accession negotiations between the EU and Albania.
Implementation of the reform has been delayed after two associations of judges sent three laws from the reform package to the Constitutional Court – which will meet on 22 July to deliver its verdict. (Original version in French by Camille-Cerise Gessant)