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Albania

Albania is an official candidate for membership of the European Union.

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  • Candidate country

Relationship with the EU

  1. April 2009Applied for membership
  2. June 2014Candidate status granted
  3. July 2022Accession negotiations opened

Data

GDP per capita in purchasing power standards43

Eurostat, 2025. Scale 0 to 260.

Milestones

  1. 14 December 1955Admitted to the United Nations. un.org
  2. 13 July 1995Joins the Council of Europe. archive.org
  3. June 2003Identified as a potential candidate for EU membership (Thessaloniki European Council). enlargement.ec.europa.eu
  4. 2009Applies for EU membership. enlargement.ec.europa.eu
  5. 1 April 2009Joins NATO. nato.int
  6. June 2014Granted EU candidate status. enlargement.ec.europa.eu
  7. July 2022EU accession negotiations formally opened. europarl.europa.eu

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