This is a country of the Western Balkans that the European Union is going out of its way to offend, with unusual persistence.
Having broken free from the shackles of one of the most totalitarian Communist regimes of the world, Albania transformed itself into a parliamentary democracy and concluded its first trade agreement with the EU 30 years ago. Since 2007, it has been a beneficiary of the instrument for pre-accession aid (IPA) to the tune of more than €1 billion in total. Today, the EU...