Talk:Stabilisation and Association process

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Does this mean that the EU has now ratified the SAA, or does the Council also need to formally assent? —Nightstallion (?) 09:29, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

I may be wrong, but I think that the EU parliament has merely given its permission for the EU to sign the SAA with Albania. As such, the document can now be signed by the Commission and the European Council officials (on behalf of the EU) as well as by the Albanian side. Afterwards it will have to be ratified by every EU member country AND the European parliament. This process will probably take years. After completion of the process, Albania will become an associated member of the EU. RedZebra 15:20, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Sounds like what I figured, except for the "associated member" part -- there is no such status as "associated membership"; association agreements merely imply association, not associated membership... Still, we'll see how long this takes. ;) —Nightstallion (?) 09:09, 26 September 2006 (UTC)