Original article (in Albanian) was published on 17/11/2025; Author: Patris Pustina
“Rama announces the closure of all cluster chapters: Albania sets a record on the way to the EU,” reports an article published on November 12, 2025, by Euronews Albania.
Reading the headline above, a reader might understandably think that Albania is near EU membership, having completed the negotiation process for all cluster chapters.
However, readers should not celebrate too soon.
Within the article, the source is cited as Prime Minister Rama, who is quoted as posting on social media: “Albania has achieved the unthinkable, all open negotiation chapters within 12 months, a record in the European integration process.”
So, Albania has not completed all negotiation cluster chapters, but only the opening process. In the best-case scenario, the country will require an additional 2–3 years of negotiations before the full transposition of European Union legislation into national law can be confirmed.
As of November 2025, Albania has not closed any of the negotiation cluster chapters.
