EU Integration/ Rama: The geopolitical star has never been more favorable for us

2025-03-10 09:30:00, Politikë CNA

Prime Minister Edi Rama convened the Socialist Party Parliamentary Group this Monday morning.

In front of the SP Group, Rama spoke about the importance of the victory of the force he leads in the integration into the European Union. Rama said that in these elections the influence of geopolitics is extraordinary, referring to the process of opening the group chapters.

The leading socialist said that the geopolitical star had never been more aligned with domestic politics.

"The situation itself, the importance and context of the elections is unusual and our entire large family must be aware of the impact of geopolitics."

I believe that since I have had the privilege of leading this force, 9 of them to date, in no election has the weight of geopolitics been as present as in these elections.

One is the context of our relations with the EU and another is our membership in the Euro-Atlantic alliance.

The context of our membership in the Euro-Atlantic Alliance and security as a whole. The result of May 11 more than the result. On May 11, the importance of the election victory and the election result itself have a much greater weight on the near future of the country than they have had in all previous elections. For the first time since I have been at the head of the Socialist Party, a window has opened in relations with the EU. For the first time, the ambition to become a full member of the European family matches the ambition of the EU. Never have the stars aligned like today. Never has the geopolitical context been favorable for us. This is not a window that will be open forever, it was opened in this context and it may never change. , the possibility that EU relations with us will return to business as usual, that you have made progress but that you still need to do more. Europe should ask the EC and tell them that we have some reservations and this work cannot be done, it is a possibility that has not been ruled out. For now, it has been set aside, because the EU's interest in strengthening itself in all directions is greater than anything else. Here is the compatibility of our internal circumstances with those of the EU. We will not allow Albania to miss this opportunity.

Since last year, when the negotiation process began to be implemented, and until today, the speed with which we have progressed in opening chapters is unprecedented. Not only to our credit, but because the will of the other side is unprecedented.

Never has the geopolitical star been more favorable to us and why I said that our future is the EU

"The EU's circumstances match our internal circumstances and we will not let this opportunity slip away," Rama said.

The Prime Minister said that he needs the victory of May 11 to not stop the work of thousands of people working on the negotiations and to not lose a single day for integration.

"Why does winning matter?

There are approximately 40 negotiating group leaders leading campaigns to not move a single day of work.

May 11th so that there are no more wasted days and months, because if that window closes, we don't know when it will return, the prime minister said./ CNA