Editorial: Albania’s real EU membership race is with itself, not Serbia

In a recent interview in Brussels, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama mentioned that he saw Albania’s bid to join the European Union as a race between the country and Serbia, which has been declared as a front-runner by EU authorities, but which Rama said cannot join ahead of Albania. Albania’s EU integration race is first and foremost with itself — in developing and maintaining European standards in rule of law, education, healthcare and human rights — as well in achieving full economic development and building a strong democratic society — basically, building hope for the future. Serbia, is already ahead…