Cluster 1 - Fundamentals is the first open and the last closed in the EU accession negotiations, as progress in these areas influences the overall pace of the integration process.
Cluster 1 comprises the ‘economic criteria’; the "political criteria", divided into ‘functioning of democratic institutions’ and ‘public administration reform’, also five chapters:
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Ch. 5 - Public procurement;
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Ch. 18 - Statistics;
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Ch. 23 - Judiciary and fundamental rights;
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Ch. 24 - Justice, freedom and security;
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Ch. 32 - Financial control.
Partea narativă a Clusterului 1