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Albania |
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Population - 3.64 million (estimate at July 2009)
Albania submitted its formal application for EU membership on 1st April 2009. The European Commission said in 2010 that before accession negotiations could be formally opened, Albania needed to achieve 12 key priorities in compliance with the membership criteria.
On 10 October 2012, The European Commission recommended that Albania be granted EU candidate status, once it had completed key measures of judicial and public administration reform and revision of its parliamentary rules of procedures.
There will be more information about Albania later.
