Nations in Transit 2009: Albania
Freedom House has published the annual report “Nations in Transit 2009” which analyzes the progress’ level of Albania in terms of democratization in important areas such as: National Democratic Governance; Electoral Process; Civil Society; Independent Media; Local Democratic Governance; Judicial Framework and Independence; and Corruption, areas which are crucial to the fulfillment of the Copenhagen political criteria. It is the second year that EMA research staff works with Freedom House to produce this report.
Albania’s democracy score has not changed form 2008 staying in the same level of 3.82. The Judicial Framework and Independence has worsened; while the other fields remained unchanged. A slight positive changing has made on Electoral Process decreasing from 4.00 in 2008 to 3.75 on 2009.
“Nations in Transit 2009” is the 13th edition of Freedom House’s comprehensive, comparative study of democratic development in 29 countries from Central Europe to Eurasia. The overarching conclusion is that in the Balkans, Croatia and Serbia made modest progress as part of their efforts toward EU accession, but five other countries suffered declines.
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