Berisha calls Albania EU report most critical ever adopted

Sali Berisha accused Edi Rama of hiding the European Parliament's latest report on albania after the Foreign Affairs Committee adopted it. Berisha called it the "absolutely most critical report ever adopted in the history of the integration process."

Berisha said the 20-30 page document harshly criticizes the Albanian government for the electoral process and the functioning of the institutions. He also said it calls for strengthening the role of parliament in the European integration process, prompt implementation of two decisions of the Constitutional Court of Albania, and publication of the relevant lists for strategic investments and PPPs.

European Parliament report on Albania

Berisha told the media, "We are getting the other one. We get the European Parliament report. The Foreign Affairs Commission report." He said the report repeats criticism already seen in the IBAR report on the justice system and Albania's path toward the European Union, and he said the document repeatedly focuses on strategic investments.

He also said the report says that immunity should be lifted without any impact on the justice system, without hindrance. Berisha accused the government and its media of avoiding public debate on the report.

Strategic investments and PPPs

The report's references to strategic investments and public-private partnerships place pressure on Albania's handling of projects that draw state scrutiny. Berisha said the document wants transparency on both areas and publication of the relevant lists, while also pressing for implementation of Constitutional Court decisions.

The criticism lands at a sensitive point in Albania's integration process because the report addresses electoral practice, institutions, and compliance with court decisions in one package. Berisha's attack turns the report into a political test for Rama's government as well as for parliament's role in the accession track.

Rama and the next step

Berisha has already set out the dispute in public, but the report itself now sits at the center of the argument. The next step belongs to the institutions and lawmakers weighing the report's recommendations on parliamentary oversight, constitutional compliance, and transparency for strategic investments and PPPs.