2. Commends the determined efforts by the government and opposition to cooperate on reforms, and recognises the significance of the November 2011 political agreement that ended a prolonged period of stalemate and paved the way for progress on the twelve p
riorities; invites both the ruling majority and the opposition to sustain cross-party cooperation and to contribute to the successful adoption and consistent implementation of the key reforms needed for the opening of formal accession negotiations; emphasises that all political parties and actors in Albania, including the media and civil society, should strive to improve the political
...[+++]climate there in order to allow dialogue and mutual understanding; calls, therefore, for a genuine commitment by all political parties to improving the political climate in the country; calls on political forces in Albania not to allow the country to drift away from the EU path during next year’s electoral campaign;