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Editorial: A platform for the solution of the political crisis in Albania

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TIRANA TIMES EDITORIAL The decision of the German Bundestag to authorize its government to vote in favor of opening accession negotiations with Albania in mid-October, upon fulfilment of certain conditions is in fact a thorough, serious and feasible platform for the solution of the political crisis in Albania and the return of institutional democracy. The text has within it some key messages for the immediate and medium term future. Regarding Albania’s integration path, the decision keeps an open door as long as the conditions are fulfilled. Decoupling Albania from North Macedonia would launch the former into a spiral of regress…

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