The mass protests in Albania were also discussed during a joint press conference held by Prime Minister Edi Rama and the European Union Ambassador to Albania, Sofia Moreira de Sousa.
Asked by reporters whether the protests could develop into a student movement similar to the mass demonstrations in Serbia, which continued until President Vučić’s resignation, Rama stressed that Albania and Serbia have nothing in common.
He argued that the two countries represent entirely different realities, pointing to the changes that have taken place in each country and the European Union’s response to those developments.
“To see how similar Albania is to Serbia, and how the situation in Serbia compares to that in Albania, you only need to compare the EU’s position on developments in Serbia with its position on the major changes Albania has made this year.
These are two completely different realities that have nothing in common, despite attempts to link them in pursuit of an agenda that is neither the EU’s nor the government’s, but rather that of those who want to overthrow the government through violence.
As for the large-scale mobilization, I have already made a distinction between the protests in early June and the subsequent deterioration of the boulevard into an arena of crows and ravens, which inevitably led to violence.
It was violent even without stones or Molotov cocktails, when the slogan was: ‘No dialogue, resign,’” Prime Minister Rama said.
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