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Interview for Italpress, Rama: Bring evidence for the accusations against the project in Zvërnec, we have not signed any agreement

2026-06-26 11:13:34Politikë SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Interview for Italpress, Rama: Bring evidence for the accusations against the
Interview for Italpress

From Albania's journey to join the EU to the migrant deal with Italy, as well as internal controversies over a tourism project opposed by the "Flamingo Revolution", Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama addressed the main political issues related to Tirana and its relations with Europe in an exclusive interview with journalist Anna La Rosa of the Italpress news agency.

Regarding Albania's European journey, Rama described the process as irreversible.

"As Winston Churchill said, one should never waste a good crisis. I believe there are things to learn, to reflect on, but in the meantime, no one can stop Albania's process towards the European Union," said the prime minister.

Rama also returned to the Italy-Albania agreement on migrants, which in recent months has been at the center of fierce political debate.

"There was a lot of noise about something that, in the end, was nothing more than a good faith effort, an attempt to find a direction and a solution. The fact that this has been accepted today is not a victory, but another example of time wasted in battles that are often not even real battles, but futile clashes in the public arena," Rama stressed.

"The time lost before reaching a common position is the real problem we need to address," he adds.

The Prime Minister also touched on the "Flamingo Revolution" protests, which oppose the project in Zvërnec.

He rejected the accusations and said they were damaging the country's image.

"For years I have been accused of everything possible. I don't know if there is anything left that hasn't been attributed to me," he said, adding that this situation "causes me deep pain because at this point it is no longer just about me, but about Albania."

According to him, "a baseless narrative has been built around this issue."

"How can you answer? We have reached the point where a fundamental principle seems to have been overturned: it should be those who make accusations who bring evidence, not the accused who must constantly prove his innocence."

"This so-called "Flamingo Revolution" at first seemed almost like a movie script. Today it seems to me that the protest has taken other directions and shifted to other issues," the prime minister said.

"If they accuse me of handing over these lands to someone or of damaging a beautiful part of the Albanian coast, then let them bring evidence. So far, no evidence has been presented. No one, to date, has proven anything. There is no evidence because the process is still ongoing," Rama emphasizes.

The Prime Minister also said that “we have not signed any agreements yet because the negotiations have not been completed.”

Regarding the other development, on private land, he stressed that "the state and the government have nothing to do with it. There is still no building permit and the procedure is ongoing."

"We have reached a paradoxical situation," said Rama, adding that he nevertheless understood the reasons for those who had come out to protest, but criticized the way the issue had been brought to the international arena.

"Having said that, I completely understand those who came out to protest. I have said it publicly: if I were among them and heard everything that was said, I would probably feel the same anger and the same indignation. But if I then heard the other side, in this case the government, telling me: 'Come, I will show you that there is nothing to what they have told you, there is no evidence,' I would feel reassured and go home," the prime minister stressed.

"Unfortunately, today the issue has gone beyond that and people are no longer even talking about flamingos. Flamingos have become a useful symbol for those who want to take this story to the international stage. If at the local level it is an issue that involves different groups in society, including the opposition, at the international level it turns into a battle against Donald Trump," Rama concluded.


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