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flag Albania’s 2025 election gave Prime Minister Edi Rama’s party a landslide, but observers questioned fairness due to state resource misuse and intimidation.

flag Albania’s May 2025 parliamentary elections delivered a landslide win for Prime Minister Edi Rama’s Socialist Party, securing 83 of 140 seats, while the opposition Democratic Party won 50. International observers praised the technical execution but raised serious concerns over misuse of state resources, vote buying, intimidation, and unequal media access, undermining electoral fairness. flag Despite progress in judicial and administrative reforms, Albania remains classified as “partly free” and a “hybrid regime” due to systemic corruption, centralized power, and weak accountability. flag The European Commission expressed optimism about EU accession prospects by 2030, but opposition leaders rejected EU officials’ claims of a “free and fair” vote, citing conflicting observer reports.

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