The IX Intergovernmental Summit in Brussels, Rama Announces Repeal of Strategic Investments Law and Defends Protected Areas Law

During his speech at the IX Intergovernmental Conference held in Brussels, Prime Minister Edi Rama announced that the law on strategic investments will be abolished. He stressed that this is a measure on which the parties have agreed for some time, adding that the legal act has already fulfilled its function and a new framework is being prepared to replace it.

Regarding the legislation on protected areas, Rama clarified that no repeal is foreseen, despite a previous resolution by the European Commission. According to him, this law remains one of the most advanced acts in the country, for the drafting of which considerable efforts have been made. The head of the government acknowledged, however, the need to revise certain specific elements so that they are fully in line with European Union standards.

“It is our duty to change anything that does not comply with European criteria,” Rama said, reaffirming Tirana’s commitment to the integration process. He underlined that the law on protected areas was the first of its kind in Albania, a step that was previously missing from Albanian legislation.