After the MEP's statements, the DP demands an investigation into Rama and charter trips

Democratic Party MP Albana Vokshi accused Prime Minister Edi Rama of using family members to transfer money linked to crime abroad, referring to statements by MEP Tomáš Zdechovský following the European Parliament's fact-finding mission to Albania.

According to Vokshi, Zdechovský has raised concerns about corruption, links to organized crime, misuse of EU funds and weaknesses of Albanian institutions, while warning that such practices endanger the country's integration process into the European Union.

The DP asks the Prime Minister to provide public clarifications, SPAK to launch investigations in cooperation with international partners, and Albanian institutions to cooperate with European authorities.

The opposition also announced that it will return the request for the establishment of a parliamentary investigative commission on Rama's chartered trips.

Full Statement:

The statement by MEP Tomáš Zdechovský, a member of the European People's Party (EPP) Group, is one of the most serious signals the Albanian government has ever received from a representative of European institutions.

Mr. Zdechovský was part of the official fact-finding mission of the European Parliament's Committee on Budgetary Control to Albania in September 2025, which, after meetings with the Albanian government, reached disturbing conclusions, finding widespread and entrenched corruption, links to organized crime, procurement with chronic delays in infrastructure, political pressure on supervisory bodies, weak judicial prosecution, marginalization of civil society and misuse of EU funds.

In a public interview two days ago, Zdechovský went even further, openly stating that corruption will never be part of the European Union, and that if Edi Rama continues to abuse power in an anti-democratic manner, Albania will never become a member of the EU.

He added that the same message was conveyed to Rama by the American Embassy and other international partners.

He further revealed that European institutions are following financial movements and verifying claims of assets and money being transferred abroad through the Prime Minister's family members. He said that this is the message, and Edi Rama understands this message very well.

These are extremely serious accusations, made publicly by a senior European official.
The clear message to citizens is that Edi Rama is hindering the integration process.

And yet, to this day, Prime Minister Rama remains silent, like never before.

The Democratic Party demands: a public clarification from Edi Rama; the launch of the SPAK investigation in cooperation with international partners;
full cooperation of Albanian institutions with European authorities;
and the reinstatement of the request for a Parliamentary Investigative Commission on the Prime Minister's chartered trips.

Albanians have the right to the truth: if the accusations are false, let it be proven transparently;
But if they are true, no one can be above the law.