From a general overview of this report, the Commission assesses that the fight against corruption, the implementation of justice reform, the fight against organized crime, the establishment of an effective financial control system and the legality of public procurement should be a priority for Albania. The Commission states that the phenomenon of corruption is widespread in almost all sectors of society whereas laws and continuous sanctions are needed to fight it. Also, EC expresses the need for full compliance with European legislation of initiatives such as ‘golden passports’ or fiscal and criminal immunity.
In the report, the importance of the government’s transparency and increasing its accountability regarding the European integration process is emphasized, as well as the sharing of information with civil society and taking into account the opinions that CSOs produce for this process is extremely important.
The C1-EU-NPA project will make a detailed analysis of the screening report and publish it in the following days.