Edi Rama secured a fourth term as Albania’s prime minister after his Socialist Party won 83 of 140 seats in the May 2025 parliamentary election, with the new government approved by parliament in September 2025. The next scheduled parliamentary vote is not due until 2029, leaving no automatic electoral trigger for removal during 2026. Ongoing protests that intensified in October 2026 over corruption concerns, education issues, and a disputed coastal development have produced street clashes but have not altered Rama’s parliamentary majority or prompted coalition defections. Rama has repeatedly stated that governments change only through elections, not street action, and has continued advancing EU accession talks. These structural and political factors underpin traders’ strong consensus that he will remain in office through the end of 2026.