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Territorial reform, these are the four scenarios for how Albania's municipalities could be divided

2026-03-28 21:00:53Fokus SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
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At the meeting of the Socialist Party Parliamentary Group, the full work to date of the Special Parliamentary Committee on Administrative-Territorial Reform was presented for the first time.

The presentation was made by the co-chair of the Special Commission for Administrative-Territorial Reform, Arbjan Mazniku.

Scenarios

Four reform scenarios were presented, each with a detailed legal assessment and analysis of compliance with the European Charter of Local Self-Government.

Scenario 1: Functional Consolidation

Small municipalities merge with stronger neighbors, while districts remain as the coordinating level.

Advantage : Quick implementation with low political cost and no constitutional change. Risk: Inter-municipal strategic level is missing and compliance with EU requirements remains limited.

Scenario 2: Consolidation and Decentralization

Large municipalities at the level of former districts as the main executive level, while current former municipalities receive city status with a directly elected mayor and council.

Advantage: Two levels with dual democratic legitimacy and high efficiency in complex services.

Risk: Consolidation requires major boundary changes and massive transfer of staff, assets, and systems.

Scenario 3: Strengthening the District

All municipalities and counties are preserved, but the county is transformed from a coordination level to a real executive level with direct elections, functions are divided according to their nature, not according to the size of the municipality.

Advantage: does not change any borders, avoids territorial tension and has a strong European precedent.

Risk: the current capacities of the regions are very low and there is a risk that the region will be weaker than the municipality it replaces.

Scenario 4: Strategic Regions

Very small municipalities are easily consolidated, counties are simplified, and four strategic regions are added for long-term planning, important infrastructure, and EU funds.

Advantage : higher compliance with EU NUTS-2 requirements and capacity for major projects.

Risk: three levels of government increase bureaucracy, while the new regions have weak democratic legitimacy due to indirect election.

No scenario was presented as the final choice. The group was explained that the process goes through public consultations, hearings in the territory, and a political document before arriving at the legal package.


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