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EU accession talks won’t start before elections, Merkel says

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BERLIN, Nov. 28 – Five conditions that Albania must meet to continue EU accession negotiation talks still stand, and the negotiations would not open until after elections in Germany and Albania take place next year, German Chancellor Angela Merkel indicated during a press conference with her Albanian counterpart, Edi Rama, during Rama’s official vistopit to Germany this week. In a meeting with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama in Berlin, Merkel pointed to the radical process of change Albania has gone through, but also said the country must boost its efforts to meet the five priorities set by the European Commission…

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