US EditionEuropean leaders meet in Albania to debate security concerns against Russia-Ukraine war backdrop
- European leaders from 47 countries, including France, Germany, and Britain, are meeting on May 16, 2025, in Tirana, Albania, for the European Political Community summit.
- The summit follows Albania's May 11 parliamentary election, which Prime Minister Edi Rama's Socialist Party won amid opposition fraud claims and ongoing EU accession efforts.
- The gathering will focus on security and defense challenges, chiefly Russia's invasion of Ukraine, migration, EU enlargement, and will coincide with trilateral peace talks in Istanbul.
- Albania, a small country of 2.4 million still overcoming its communist past, faces traffic and airport disruptions but views the summit as an opportunity to demonstrate progress towards EU membership.
- The event highlights wider Balkan aspirations for EU integration despite regional disputes and sanctions, as experts stress Albania and Montenegro have a limited direct impact on the EU.
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More than 40 European leaders gathered in Albania for the European Political Community summit, and all were greeted by a baby version of themselves saying welcome to Albania in the languages of the different countries.
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