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A North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Member State since 2009 and a European Union (EU) candidate country since 2014, Albania has transformed from Europe’s most isolated country into the continent’s most pro-EU country in under three decades. According to the spring 2019 Eurobarometer, approval rates for the EU remain over 80 percent at a time when Euroscepticism within the bloc is on the rise. This support is indicative of the positivity with which Albanians see their country’s future membership in the EU. For them, membership is a guarantee for better opportunities, democratisation and higher living standards.
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Vrugtman, L. (2021). Albania: Will the EU’s Ambiguity Lead to Euroscepticism?. In: Kaeding, M., Pollak, J., Schmidt, P. (eds) Euroscepticism and the Future of Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41272-2_1
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