Albania’s Challenge to Access in European Common Market

Albania is a country in transition and after the communism period it has been in a difficult path for overcoming many social, political and economic difficulties. Much progress is made and this is seen in the increase of the National Income, as Albania is now a middle income country and also it has been able to accomplish the criteria of NATO and VISA affiliation. For now the biggest challenge for Albania is meeting the requirements for being a potential candidate for the membership of the European Union. Meeting those requirements will be the biggest historic event for Albania. Thus, being an EU member also means entering the European common market. This paper tries to answer the following questions, such as: What does the common market mean for Albania? What are the economic attainments of Albania till now? Which are the criteria for entering the common market and what has Albania achieved till now and the most important one, what can Albania do for a bigger progress in this field and this will conclude in the factors that may be prohibiting this. How long will this process take and how will Albania confront this achievement in the future?