Representative
Deputy
Democratic Party
Assembly of the Republic of Albania
AL - - Tirana
Albania
Working language: English
Declarations of interests:
2026
, 2025
Declarations of interest regarding election observations (if applicable)
24/04/2026 | 10:14:11 Thank you. President, Dear colleagues, Today, I want to speak about one of the biggest challenges we are facing in the Western Balkans. There is a structural crisis that is reshaping our societies. People are leaving. Young people are leaving massively. According to Eurostat, in the last decade, over 3.1 million citizens from the Western Balkans have migrated to the European Union (EU) member countries. Around 2 million have received residence permits, confirming that migration is not... 23/04/2026 | 15:58:07 Thank you Madam President, Dear colleagues, Yes, I will support this additional protocol because these changes are more than necessary. When today only 1% to 2% of criminal assets are actually confiscated, while the methods to hide money have become more sophisticated, faster and more global. As I was reading the report, I could not help but see my own country in it. The state-crime nexus in Albania is most visible in the construction and real estate sector, where illicit funds, primarily... 21/04/2026 | 16:13:01 Thank you. Since the end of monitoring, Albania has been democratically backsliding. The V-Dem Institute classifies it as an electoral autocracy with a concentration of power, elections conducted under a party state influenced by drug cartels and the arrest of opposition leaders, no parliamentary oversight, widespread systemic corruption, obstruction of accountability by the socialist majority and the refusal to lift the immunity of high-level officials, including the deputy prime minister... 21/04/2026 | 11:55:10 Thank you, Chair. I thank the Rapporteur, Ms Elisabetta GARDINI, for the timely and important report. I will focus on an issue very close to my heart. Last December, on behalf of European People's Party (EPP) Women, I proposed a resolution to the EPP Political Assembly on Combating Violence against Women in Politics and Public Life, which was adopted unanimously. And I also discussed this with the Chair of EPP Group, Mr Pablo HISPÁN, to propose a similar one. Why? All women here know their... 30/01/2026 | 10:40:34 Thank you, Chair. I will speak on the approval of the Criminal Code in Albania and the chilling effect on the media. This week, on Tuesday night, after midnight, the Albanian Parliament adopted amendments to the Criminal Code that contradict the findings and recommendations of the Council of Europe itself. Only a few months ago, the Council of Europe facilitated working groups on the dialogue platform for freedom of expression. Independent legal experts reached a clear, unanimous conclusion...
23/04/2026 | Doc. 16396 | Motion for a resolution Fictional justice under occupation: a pseudo-legal system as an instrument of repression 22/04/2026 | Doc. 16394 | Written declaration Violations against Yulia Tymoshenko 22/04/2026 | Doc. 16393 | Motion for a resolution Brain drain and demographic challenges in the Western Balkans 21/04/2026 | Doc. 16386 | Written declaration Vladimir Putin's Russia should not be allowed to the Venice Biennale 20/04/2026 | Doc. 16383 | Written declaration Urgent need to protect Syria’s endangered ethnic and religious communities
23/04/2026 | Doc. 16385, vote on the draft text for opinion Draft additional protocol to the Council of Europe Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism 23/04/2026 | Doc. 16371, vote on the draft text for recommendation European guidelines to counter social dumping and labour exploitation 23/04/2026 | Doc. 16371, vote on the draft text for resolution European guidelines to counter social dumping and labour exploitation 23/04/2026 | Doc. 16374, vote on the draft text for resolution Copyright enforcement in the artificial intelligence environment 22/04/2026 | Doc. 16370, vote on the draft text for resolution Paving the way for a culture of consent