"European integration is not the government's property", Vokshi denounces the Socialist Party: The opposition is being excluded, an act against the EU

The Vice President of the Democratic Party, also MP Albana Vokshi, today denounced the socialist majority and the Parliament for blocking the opposition from being fully involved in the integration process and being transparent, according to two of the basic criteria and conditions set by the EU towards Albania.

She called the Foreign Affairs Committee's decision at the last meeting to interrupt the live meeting the moment Vokshi asked to speak to point out the alarming fact that the Assembly was refusing to make negotiating positions for two groups of chapters available to the opposition a deliberate act.

Vokshi described it as a deliberate and non-procedural act: "This is not a procedural action. It is a deliberate act to avoid transparency and to exclude the opposition from a process that belongs to all Albanians."

The opposition MP underlined that the integration process requires inclusivity and not exclusion, as it is not "the property of the government."

She states that this is precisely why the doors of transparency are being closed and parliamentary control is being hindered.

Albana Vokshi's full reaction:

"Today we are faced with an alarming development, which not only affects the parliamentary opposition, but also strikes at the very foundation of democracy, institutional transparency and the very process of Albania's European Integration.

The majority refused to make the negotiating positions for Chapter Groups III and VI available to the opposition, openly denying the constitutional and legal right of the Assembly to exercise parliamentary control over the European Union accession process.

This is not a procedural action. It is a deliberate act to avoid transparency and exclude the opposition from a process that belongs to all Albanians.

Even more worrying is the fact that this behavior directly contradicts the principles that the European Union itself requires from candidate countries: inclusiveness, transparency, accountability, and respect for democratic institutions. Instead, we are seeing a model of governance that restricts information, marginalizes the opposition, and weakens democratic control mechanisms.

The other day, in the Foreign Policy Committee, we were faced with an unacceptable and unprecedented act. The moment I asked for a point of order to raise concerns about the non-disclosure of negotiating positions and the lack of transparency, the live broadcast of the meeting was interrupted.

This was a clear act of censorship.

Not only to the opposition, but to Albanian citizens who have the right to be informed about a process that determines the European future of the country. The interruption of the broadcast was not intended to silence a member of parliament, it was intended to prevent the public from hearing the truth.

European integration is not the property of the government. It is not the property of the majority. It is not a process that can be managed with the logic of secrecy, political control or filtered information.

European integration is Albania's most important national strategic project and, precisely for this reason, the law has clearly defined the role of the Parliament and the opposition in its oversight.

The law is clear. The minister responsible for negotiations has the obligation to present the full negotiating positions to the European Affairs Committee. Not selected summaries. Not partial information. Not filtered versions.

Yesterday, this legal obligation was rejected.

This refusal constitutes not only a violation of the spirit of the law, but an open attempt to exclude the opposition from the integration process and to destroy the parliamentary control mechanism that guarantees transparency and accountability.

Some basic questions arise:

Why this lack of transparency?

Why this refusal to inform the Parliament?

Why this insistence on treating European integration as a closed and politically controlled process?

The answer is clear.

The government does not want Albanian citizens to learn what the European Union really requires from Albania and what are the problems that continue to remain serious obstacles on the path to integration.

It does not want the issues highlighted in European reports and in the monitoring process to become the subject of public debate: issues related to electoral standards, corruption, capture of institutions, respect for Constitutional Court decisions, independence of institutions, interference in the justice system, and lack of accountability at the highest levels of government.

It is precisely for this reason that the doors of transparency are being closed and parliamentary control is being hindered.

We will continue to demand the implementation of the law, full transparency and respect for the constitutional role of the Assembly. European integration cannot be built on censorship, exclusion and concealment of information. It can only be built on democracy, transparency and respect for institutions.”