09/04/2025 | 11:21:49 Thank you very much for giving me another possibility to speak on an issue that is very problematic in the whole region, but especially in my country, Albania. So that's why I requested to have this chance to speak. It's time to speak loudly about a plague that silently consumes nations from within. So, corruption. Corruption is not a political issue. Corruption is worse than every other phenomenon. It's like a disease that has metastasised across all layers of society; that destroys all... 08/04/2025 | 17:52:33 Thank you. Today I attended an event titled Democracy in Danger. The question that my colleague Ms Zanda KALNIŅA-LUKAŠEVICA asked to distinguished guests was how to protect democracy. In many countries there is a rise of authoritarian leaders that question core values of democracy and use traditional but also digital and new means, every mean to stay in power. They do not stop unless people stop them. They manipulate opinion digitally. They patronage and control voters. They intimidate and... 08/04/2025 | 12:04:18 Dear Madam President, I congratulate Ms Zanda KALNIŅA-LUKAŠEVICA for her work on the resolution. It raises some threats, very often invisible we face today, no longer abstract: disinformation, foreign interference and algorithmic and digital manipulation which lately more and more is actively targeting electoral systems, especially in fragile democracies like those in the Western Balkans. Democracy is under attack from outside and from within. What Mr Rónán MULLEN mentioned before about the... 31/01/2025 | 11:49:51 Thank you very much. Dear Mister President, And let me add to the other colleagues to congratulate you on your re-election as President of the Assembly. And I wish you a very successful year ahead. Please be sure that you have all of our support and hope to have your support when we are in need, as you have done so far. Dear colleagues, Autocracies are once again the greatest threat – not only to freedom and democracy but also to peace and international stability. And once again, we must... 31/01/2025 | 11:22:08 Thank you, Mister Chairman, First of all, I would like to congratulate the rapporteur, Ms EDER-GITSCHTHALER, for the report on a very interesting and important issue. Today, we are addressing this issue immediately after we discussed Long Covid, both reports that are interlinked with each other. What we are now discussing is age-based discrimination. The motto of the UN in the last years has been: "Leave no one behind". But, in the case of older people, many of them are left aside and many... 31/01/2025 | 10:47:29 Thank you very much. Ladies and gentlemen, First of all, I extend my sincerest congratulations to Ms Carmen LEYTE for this excellent report on Long Covid. Studying Covid-19 and its long-term consequences is essential, and I commend the dedication for shedding light on this crucial issue. The Covid-19 pandemic has left devastating consequences worldwide. In Albania, the impact has been severe. We even brought tanks into the streets to fight Covid, and this is not a joke. According to a... 30/01/2025 | 16:15:00 Ladies and gentlemen, esteemed colleagues, On behalf of the Group of the European People's Party, I reaffirm our commitment to gender equality in the economy. Women's economic empowerment is not just about fairness. It's essential for social justice and sustainable growth. Despite their significant contribution, women still face systemic barriers in employment, entrepreneurship and financial access. While progress has been made, deep-rooted inequalities persist. The gender pay gap remains a... 29/01/2025 | 19:58:16 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Honorable Members of the Assembly, I am honored to be here today to represent Albania. I want to discuss the report from a different perspective, highlighting a crisis that is reshaping Albania and affecting Europe: mass emigration. In the past decade, over one million Albanians have left—more than 75% are young professionals, students, and skilled workers. Their departure is not just a demographic shift; it is a depletion of our nation’s...