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Report (2025/2250(INI)) 2026-06-10

2025 Commission report on Albania

10.6.2026 A10-0141/8

Amendment 8

Afroditi Latinopoulou, António Tânger Corrêa

on behalf of the PfE Group

Report A10-0141/2026

Andreas Schieder

2025 Commission report on Albania

(2025/2250(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

11. Calls on Albania to make decisive progress on the initial registration of property and on fair, commonly accepted compensation, improving the transparency of the state property register and the quality of cadastral data in the real estate register, and to ensure that the right to a fair trial and the right to effective judicial protection are respected in cases of expropriation and removal of real estate;

11. Calls on Albania to make decisive progress on the initial registration of property and on fair, commonly accepted compensation, improving the transparency of the state property register and the quality of cadastral data in the real estate register, and to ensure that the right to a fair trial and the right to effective judicial protection are respected in cases of expropriation and removal of real estate; expresses particular concern about allegations of arbitrary expropriations, pressure on property owners and opaque land-registration procedures affecting members of national minorities, including the Greek national minority; insists that property rights, effective judicial protection and the right to a fair trial must be fully guaranteed and that these matters are fundamental conditions to be respected by Albania in its relations with the EU;

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10.6.2026 A10-0141/9

Amendment 9

Afroditi Latinopoulou, António Tânger Corrêa

on behalf of the PfE Group

Report A10-0141/2026

Andreas Schieder

2025 Commission report on Albania

(2025/2250(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17a. Calls on Albania to fully respect the autonomy of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania and to refrain from any action undermining its freedom of religious expression or its property rights; calls for an end to interference in ecclesiastical appointments and for dialogue with the religious authorities with a view to safeguarding religious pluralism and religious heritage;

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10.6.2026 A10-0141/10

Amendment 10

Afroditi Latinopoulou, António Tânger Corrêa

on behalf of the PfE Group

Report A10-0141/2026

Andreas Schieder

2025 Commission report on Albania

(2025/2250(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 18 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

18a. Calls on Albania to provide education to people from national minorities in their mother tongue, including adequate primary and secondary education in the Greek language in areas traditionally inhabited by people from the Greek national minority, and to ensure unhindered access for all its citizens to public primary, secondary and higher education;

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10.6.2026 A10-0141/11

Amendment 11

Afroditi Latinopoulou, António Tânger Corrêa

on behalf of the PfE Group

Report A10-0141/2026

Andreas Schieder

2025 Commission report on Albania

(2025/2250(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 18 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

18b. Expresses serious concern about persistent problems faced by people from the Greek national minority in Albania, including with regard to property rights, access to education in the minority language, political representation, local self-government and the preservation of cultural and religious heritage; calls on the Albanian authorities to guarantee the full, effective and non-discriminatory implementation of the rights of people from the Greek national minority, in particular in historically Greek areas such as Himara; stresses that tangible progress must be made in this area and that these conditions must be respected by Albania in its relations with the EU;

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10.6.2026 A10-0141/12

Amendment 12

Afroditi Latinopoulou, António Tânger Corrêa

on behalf of the PfE Group

Report A10-0141/2026

Andreas Schieder

2025 Commission report on Albania

(2025/2250(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21a. Calls on Albania to protect and preserve the religious and cultural heritage of the Greek Orthodox minority, including through the restoration, legal protection and recognition of churches, cemeteries and other sites of religious or cultural significance; calls on the authorities to refrain from expropriating or demolishing properties of historical or cultural significance to the Greek minority;

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10.6.2026 A10-0141/13

Amendment 13

Afroditi Latinopoulou, António Tânger Corrêa

on behalf of the PfE Group

Report A10-0141/2026

Andreas Schieder

2025 Commission report on Albania

(2025/2250(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21b. Calls on Albania to fully respect the rights of people from the Greek national minority, including in the areas of education, language, freedom of religion and the restitution of property rights, in line with its commitments under the Stabilisation and Association Agreement and international conventions; stresses the need to ensure meaningful political participation, the protection of cultural heritage and the transparent resolution of long-standing property claims in areas traditionally inhabited by people from the Greek minority;

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10.6.2026 A10-0141/14

Amendment 14

Afroditi Latinopoulou, António Tânger Corrêa

on behalf of the PfE Group

Report A10-0141/2026

Andreas Schieder

2025 Commission report on Albania

(2025/2250(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 49 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

49a. Calls on all political actors in Albania to reject unequivocally any form of historical revisionism, irredentism or territorial claims against neighbouring countries; underlines that good neighbourly relations must be based on the inviolability of borders, mutual respect and the non-instrumentalisation of minority issues;

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