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"Are you provoking me?", Rama on the student protest: They did not elect me! They demand my resignation, but refuse dialogue

2026-11-03 13:44:10Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

"Are you provoking me?", Rama on the student protest: They did not

Prime Minister Edi Rama, speaking at the Euronews Enlargement Summit, a high-level forum dedicated to the enlargement of the European Union and the European perspective of countries aspiring to membership, said that our country still has problems, but that the government is working to solve them.

"We have problems and we are struggling to solve them, and the process is helping us do that with tools that we would not have otherwise. There is never anything fundamentally different with the EU, it is a marriage where everything is predictable. When it comes to getting more, it is easy to predict, when it comes to getting less, sometimes it is not predictable."

We have worked hard, we also have those internal obstacles and, despite them, we have ensured that our team is in Brussels on time, with these bureaucrats who are alien to the real world, who know so well how to torture you and get the best out of you. So you choose, if you resist the torture, you win; if not, you go to hell. I mean in the sense of it", Rama said, then talking about the protests that have engulfed the country in recent months, with the "Flamingos" at the end of May, and with the students on October 13.

 Rama again focused on the number of injured police officers and protesters, which, as he has stated before, were more among the police than among the protesters.

"For this, in relation to the enlargement process, fortunately and unfortunately, this is more complicated and I would need another day to explain everything, but what I can say is that Albania is in another phase. There comes a moment in time when you no longer have to face needs, but high expectations. I have experienced it personally and I can personally assess it there as a force to create a completely schizophrenic confrontation with reality. We had violent protesters and, unlike any other country that faced protests, we had twice as many police officers injured compared to protesters. But on social media it appeared differently," Rama said.

The moderator of this debate, after Rama's comment, stopped and said that on the other hand, the protesters could say that it's not the same, since the police are armed, while they are not.

Rama answered this question with tones of humor or irony.

"Are you provoking me or are you serious? Are you trying to get me to have a debate about interests?" Rama asked the journalist, who replied, "No, I'm just giving you an example...".

"The day I think I don't need to change, then I will leave this job. I want to change. My life is changing in many aspects, including my marriage. I will no longer bore you with facts about what we are changing since the Flamingos took to the streets and what is new in government action, among other things, using AI."

What I am trying to say is that this is not about the government and Albania, but about the world we live in and it is a reality that will become increasingly difficult for Europe and democracy. What needs protection is the minds of young people and children, now that they are completely unprotected and within whose minds, far be it, the Europe of tomorrow may be born, led by a completely different kind of people.

I'm not relativizing what the protesters are saying, I'm simply telling you that we are living in a clash of realities and that it has only just begun.

I am a person who always seeks to confront people, to challenge and be challenged, but it is not easy to say: “I am protesting, but for what? Let's discuss”. No, they tell me you have to leave, we do not dialogue. Excuse me, but this job was not given to me by you, but by the Albanian people.

"We don't talk, there is no dialogue, but the essence of the issue is that, unlike other countries, this new phase of violence is characterized by a small number of people, not the Albanian people. So, it is those people who are on the streets and think that I should leave," Rama said, implying once again that there is no resignation on his part, and that he remains open to dialogue with the protesters.


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