The absurd situation with the “hostage” of Albania is over. The negotiations for Albania’s membership in the European Union (EU) have no obstacles! This is what Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama wrote on Facebook today. The reason for his statement was the vote in the Macedonian assembly on the French proposal for EU membership.
3 hard years have passed since the decision of the European Council to open the way for negotiations to completely remove the set of artificial obstacles that were placed before Albania, Rama also wrote. However, he is confident that Tirana is on its way to overcoming the challenges of recent years.
But let’s not forget, this is not the end of our journey, but only the beginning of a new part of the road to Albania, which we love, he stated.
The Macedonian Parliament today approved the so-called “French proposal” to start negotiations for the country’s membership in the European Union. The proposal was supported by 68 people’s representatives. 69 out of a total of 120 deputies were present in the plenary hall.
Deputies from the ruling coalition voted “yes”, as did the people’s representatives from the opposition Albanian formations.
The vote took place during the third day of plenary debates. The EU ambassador in Skopje, David Geer, was also present in the parliament today.
The vote also came amid weeks of ongoing opposition protests across the country that have turned violent. According to her, the actions of the EU are pro-Bulgarian.
At today’s meeting, MP from VMRO-DPMNE Igor Janushev pointed out that the SDSM will henceforth be called SDS-Bulgaria and threatened the Prime Minister and everyone in power that “they will lie in prison for treason, they will lie and answer, because the Macedonian people are patient, the Macedonian people have shown it throughout history, the Macedonian people are also meek, Macedonians know how to forgive, but for some things there is no forgiveness,” the Macedonian electronic edition “Kurir” quoted him as saying.
At the end of June, the Bulgarian parliament gave its approval, which was also confirmed by a decision of the government.
We remind you that at the end of June, Rama made harsh statements towards Bulgaria regarding the veto that our country imposed on Skopje’s EU membership.
Bulgaria could have behaved more European, he said then. He also accused the Bulgarian authorities of holding North Macedonia hostage.
To the criticism of our authorities after his remarks, he replied:
“You have a problem with my way of expressing myself, I have a problem with the way Bulgaria wants to solve bilateral issues. Either lift the veto or you will tolerate me”.
Then the leader of the opposition Democratic Party of Albania and former prime minister of Albania, Sali Berisha, apologized to the Bulgarian people for the prime minister’s remarks.
Berisha told a press conference that Rama does not represent the opinion of the Albanians, because, as he said, he does not know any principles of friendship between the countries.
