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EU replies to SMI concerns over justice vetting implementation

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Genoveva Ruiz Calavera, Director for Western Balkans at the Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations of the European Commission, and chair of the International Monitoring Operation (IMO) Management Board. (Photo: Courtesy of Europa.ba)
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TIRANA, Feb. 28 – A justice reform body that has raised concern among members of the government has a purely administrative, not executive, role and should not be seen through those lenses, a senior EU official said this week, responding to concerns by representatives of the Socialist Movement for Integration in Albania’s government. Genoveva Ruiz Calavera, Director for Western Balkans at the Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations of the European Commission, and chair of the International Monitoring Operation (IMO) Management Board that will monitor the vetting of members of Albania’s judiciary published Tuesday an explanatory note in regards to…

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