TIRANA, May 17 /ATA/ – Prime Minister Edi Rama said Sunday that the unification of political forces in parliament around the resolution on Albania’s European Union membership is a positive and welcome development for the country’s European future.
Speaking on the Let’s Talk (“FLASIM”) podcast, Rama focused on the consensus reached in Parliament regarding the resolution on the European integration process.
“The coming together of political forces in Parliament around the resolution related to EU membership is a welcome development in the Parliament of Albania, where, unexpectedly – though positively, I repeat – the opposition forces joined the governing majority in support of a resolution connected to Albania’s accession to the European Union,” Rama stated.
The Prime Minister said such a united stance should be repeated whenever Albania’s strategic interests and European integration are concerned.
“I am genuinely pleased that something like this happened. It would be good for it to happen consistently whenever we speak about European Union membership, but even if it happens only once, it still carries its own value,” he said.
Rama emphasized that the EU negotiation process is irreversible and that Albania is expected to make further progress in both opening and closing negotiation chapters.
“I am also pleased that, from what I understand, they have realized that the process is unstoppable, that the much-discussed blockage does not exist, and that another piece of good news will soon arrive – like all the previous news regarding the opening of chapters – marking the transition to the next phase of the process and paving the way for the closing of negotiation chapters to begin,” Rama declared.
Referring to the opposition’s support for the resolution, Rama said any political unity in support of Albania’s European project is welcome.
“So this joining together – however unexpected or hurried it may be in boarding the ‘boat of European Albania,’ where we have long been present and where there has always been room for them as well – is entirely welcome,” the Prime Minister concluded.
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