Press Release: EU enlargement: priorities for 2014

In a set of annual reports adopted on 16 October 2013, the European Commission recommended granting EU candidate status to Albania and, for the fifth time in a row, the opening of accession negotiations with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

The Commission also assessed the progress towards EU accession made elsewhere in the Western Balkans and in Turkey over the past year. Given the Icelandic government's decision to put accession negotiations on hold, a simplified report on Iceland takes stock of the current state of its alignment with the EU.

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ESO: Background information: Key findings of the 2013 progress report on Turkey http://www.europeansources.info/record/key-findings-of-the-2013-progress-report-on-turkey-eu-to-resume-membership-talks-with-turkey/

ESO: Background information: Key findings of the 2013 Progress Report on the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-key-findings-of-the-2013-progress-report-on-the-former-yugoslav-republic-of-macedonia/

ESO: Background information: Key findings on the 2013 European Commission report on Iceland http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-key-findings-on-the-2013-european-commission-report-on-iceland/

ESO: Background information: Key findings of the 2013 Progress Report on Montenegro http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-key-findings-of-the-2013-progress-report-on-montenegro/

ESO: Background information: Key findings of the 2013 Progress Report on Bosnia and Herzegovina http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-key-findings-of-the-2013-progress-report-on-bosniaand-herzegovina/

ESO: Background information: Key findings of the Progress Report on Serbia http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-key-findings-of-the-progress-report-on-serbia-2/

ESO: Background information: Key findings of the 2013 Progress Report on Albania http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-key-findings-of-the-2013-progress-report-on-albania/

ESO: Background information: Key findings of the Progress Report on Kosovo http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-key-findings-of-the-progress-report-on-kosovo/

European Commission: RAPID: Speech, SPEECH/13/816: Enlargement Package 2013 http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-13-816_en.pdf

EurActiv, 17.10.13: Appetite for EU enlargements hits all time low http://www.euractiv.com/enlargement/eu-appetite-enlargements-hits-ti-news-531142

European Parliament: Press Release: MEPs back Štefan Füle's 'five fundamentals' for countries wanting to join the EU http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/content/20131016IPR22394/

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