US EditionAlbanian election sees old rivals, new parties and an ambitious promise of European Union membership
- Albania held a general election on Sunday, May 9, 2025, in Tirana where Prime Minister Edi Rama sought a fourth term amid a boisterous campaign.
- The election campaign focused on Albania's EU membership effort, with Rama's Socialist Party pledging accession by 2030, despite expert doubts about this timeline.
- The election featured 2,046 candidates from 11 political groupings, included diaspora mail-in voting for the first time, and saw intense rivalry between Rama and challenger Sali Berisha.
- Both major parties promised pay increases including a 500-euro minimum wage, while Berisha advocated tax cuts and support cards for retirees, against a backdrop of ongoing corruption challenges.
- More than 570 international observers monitored the election given Albania's history of irregularities, and the results will affect the country's reform path required for EU integration.
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Edi Rama the invincible: will be Albania's premier for the fourth time. To the socialists the majority of the seats
Edi Rama grabs the fourth term in a row from premier and will rule Albania for another four years. At urns closed an exit poll conducted by Albanian information portal Albanian Post confirms a clear victory of the socialists of the head of the government to the Policies. The Ps would have obtained 79 of the 140 seats that make up the parliament. The opposition of center-right led by the elderly former president of the Republic and former Prime M…
Voting ends in Albania's election as results are expected within 48 hours
Voting has ended in Albania’s parliamentary election after a boisterous campaign dominated by the country’s uphill effort to join the European Union and Prime Minister Edi Rama’s bid for a fourth term. Campaigns featured Rama's intense rivalry with conservative Sali…
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