On Thursday 11 May, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn said he regretted the boycott of the elections on 18 June by the opposition parties in Albania, but stated that these elections had to be held.
Despite the attempts at compromise, "we are in a situation where the electoral process for the general elections on 18 June has been set in motion", Hahn said in a letter to the people of Albania. "The elections will take place without...