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Albania between elections and european integration


Elections in Albania were held last 25th April and ended with the victory of the socialist Edi Rama. His future challenge will be to enter the European Union

Elections in Albania were held last 25th April and ended with the victory of the socialist Edi Rama. His future challenge will be to enter the European Union

Last 25th April, presidential elections were held in Albania and victory was awarded to the Socialist Party of Prime Minister Edi Rama with 50.5% of the votes and a total of 75 seats out of 140. The opposition, formed by the Democratic Party and the Movement for Socialist Integration, finished the race with  48.5%.  Rama won for the third consecutive time, a record since the existence of pluralism in the former socialist Republic, and it is set to form a large majority in the Parliament. The elections took place in a mostly peaceful manner, despite the killing of an opponent during the last week of the electoral campaign. However, the problem of the votes of Albanians living abroad remains unresolved, as the Parliament has not been able to promulgate a law that would guarantee the vote to those eligible, non-resident citizens.

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