3 intense screening days on agriculture with North Macedonia. Over 40 experts from DG AGRI participated to discuss progress.

Very good presentations by the delegation of North Macedonia during the two day screening of chapter 13 Fisheries. Shows clear understanding. Basic structures in place and legislation to be updated in the near future. Good progress.

The European Commission also recommends to open accession negotiations with 🇧🇦#BosniaHerzegovina, once the necessary degree of compliance with the membership criteria is achieved, and aims to open soon the Fundamentals cluster with 🇦🇱#Albania & 🇲🇰#NorthMacedonia!

Happy to speak at European Policy Centre on 🇪🇺#EU Enlargement. EU Enlargement is back on the top of the agenda & the right answer to the call of history. The #GrowthPlan for the #WesternBalkans will help the region look forward on a path that offers convergence & integration with the EU

These were 3 intense days on agricultural policy. Very good discussions, clear presentations, real progress for this important sector. Still challenges ahead, but Albania has the capacity to deal with them.

These were two intense days on the EUs External relations policies and instruments. AL showed a good understanding, a track record aligning, and a service capable to do the job. Impressive.

Very pleased EU Interpreters supports universities in enlargement partners to train future interpreters for the multilingual conferences of the 🇪🇺EU Institutions! EU Neighbourhood & Enlargement 🇪🇺 EU Delegation to North Macedonia

Screening with Albania concluded. 94 days of meetings, 1000+ Commission officials involved. Positive assessment of state of preparation, clear vision on road to membership. Congratulations on this first step in your accession negotiations.

It was an honour welcoming Dimitar Kovachevski at the final set of screening meetings with 🇲🇰 which testifies to his commitment to the accession process!

In 94 days of meetings North Macedonia has shown a good understanding of the EU rules and an administration capable of applying it. Still work to be done. Congratulations on this first step in your accession negotiations.

Chaired the first meeting with #Ukraine on the next steps in the process following the historic decision by #EUCO to open accession negotiations. Good to hear from Olga Stefanishyna about Ukraine’s preparations. Looking forward to cooperating closely with her and her team. 🇪🇺🇺🇦

Good start of cluster 2, explaining the EU rules on free movement of workers and services, chapters 2 and 3. Good discussions with Ukraine and Moldova.

Last week we concluded explanatory meetings with Ukraine and Moldova on Cluster 2 Internal market: free movement of goods (ch 1), Statistics (ch 18) and public health (ch 28). Some 580 experts from the two countries and Commission participated. Intense but excellent meetings.

Today, another series of all-day intensive EU accession-focused meetings with 🇺🇦#Ukraine & 🇲🇩#Moldova begins! The 🇪🇺#EU will present the EU acquis in the competitiveness & inclusive growth cluster - from science & research to taxation & media. #EUEnlargement #StrongerTogether

This week we concluded our explanations of the EU legislation to Ukraine and Moldova: - 34 intense days of meetings - 1200 Commission experts - Similar number of participants from UA and MD, in person and online. Good understanding of the EU acquis. Congratulations UA and MD.

After completing the 1st phase of the screening process, pleased to welcome the European Commission EU Neighbourhood & Enlargement 🇪🇺 delegation in Kyiv to dig into the details of the bilateral screening meetings on negotiation chapters. 🇺🇦 teams, led by trusted specialists (deputy ministers, heads of state

Happy to open today's first bilateral screening session with 🇺🇦#Ukraine on public procurement. This is an important step in the accession negotiations, which will enable the 🇪🇺European Commission to review jointly with 🇺🇦 the state of play and identify priorities for key reforms.

🇪🇺Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi travels to 🇲🇩#Moldova to launch the bilateral screening. He will discuss the next steps in EU-Moldova cooperation with a wide range of counterparts & take stock of key investments under the 🇪🇺 Economic & Investment Plan. 🔗neighbourhood-enlargement.ec.europa.eu/news/commissio…

W/ Minister of Energy, Victor Parlicov discussed the importance of and progress in securing and diversifying the energy supply of Moldova. Energy efficiency is key. 🫴We already support many households & further energy efficiency projects.

Today's first bilateral screening session with 🇲🇩#Moldova, opened by Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi, is an important step in the accession negotiations. The 🇪🇺European Commission will now review jointly with 🇲🇩 the state of play on public procurement, identifying key reform priorities.