
From Prague, Prime Minister Edi Rama spoke again about Albania's integration into the European Union. The head of the government is participating in the GLOBSEC 2024 security forum. As for Albania's aspirations for EU integration, Rama said that they never say no to the union, but criticism appeared to say that more should be done before it is too late. .
Albanians are Europe, said Rama, and this, according to him, is not decided in Brussels.
"This fact is not established today in Brussels, we are a European country. This is not decided in Brussels. However, I have a slightly different approach than Alexander. For what he said Macron was the biggest promoter of enlargement. Europe needed Vladimir to attack Ukraine so it wouldn't take for granted that BP is there. Suffice it to say the blue horizon will be yours, but for now we need to do some other things, yes this is based on merit. Is it really merit based, I'm not sure about that. BP is here, it's not expansion. It is union.
When it comes to Albania, we are Europaeans, stubbornly in love with Europe. We do not take no for an answer, we will be with the EU until the end, as we were with Stalin. We will be with the EU even when it disappears. We will invite everyone to start from Albania and build another EU. There is no chance that other actors like Russia will change our minds. The region is a space where Russia has influence. Before it's too late, we need to do some things differently. Starting from the growth plan which is something new. Non-member countries are given the opportunity to integrate into the common market.
He also had a comment about the agreement with Italy for immigrants, where firstly Rama said that Albania cannot say no to Italy, while secondly, according to him, this agreement shows that we are all Europeans and should behave as such.
First of all, we cannot say no to Italy, you cannot say no to Meloni either, but how do we say no to Italy today because of history and the fact that Italy has been present for us when we were in very bad situations. Secondly, because we are all Europeans and we must behave like Europeans even though they are delaying our permission to be part of this common European family.