Edi Rama secured a fourth term as Albania’s prime minister after his Socialist Party won a strengthened majority of 83 seats in the May 2025 parliamentary elections. The next general election is scheduled no later than June 2029, leaving limited institutional pathways for removal in 2026 absent extraordinary developments. Current polling trends continue to show the Socialist Party ahead with a projected parliamentary majority. Rama has publicly committed to remaining in office to advance EU accession talks, with Albania having entered the final phase of negotiations. Ongoing protests over a controversial coastal development project have generated opposition calls for resignation, yet they have not altered the government’s parliamentary control or prompted any official moves toward early departure.