Edi Rama’s Socialist Party secured a parliamentary majority in Albania’s May 2025 elections, delivering his fourth term as prime minister with 83 seats and extending the mandate through the next scheduled vote in 2029. Current polling trends show the party maintaining roughly 52 percent support, consistent with its post-election position. Progress on EU accession negotiations, including interim benchmark assessments and alignment with sustainable development goals, has reinforced institutional continuity under Rama’s leadership. Although sustained protests since mid-2026 over a contested tourism project have drawn public attention and calls for resignation, they have not produced parliamentary defections, early elections, or other mechanisms that would remove him from office before year-end. Trader consensus at 93.5 percent “No” reflects this combination of electoral durability and absence of decisive political disruption.