Edi Rama secured a fourth consecutive term as Albania’s prime minister following the Socialist Party’s decisive victory in the May 2025 parliamentary elections, delivering a parliamentary supermajority that anchors his position through 2029. Recent months have featured sustained opposition protests and corruption allegations targeting senior party figures, alongside polling that shows modest erosion in Socialist support amid rule-of-law concerns tied to EU accession talks. These pressures create a narrow balance between Rama’s institutional control and the risk of political fatigue or scandal escalation before the end of 2026. Key variables that could shift trader consensus include further high-profile investigations, breakthroughs or setbacks in EU negotiations, or any signs of internal party fractures that might prompt an early leadership transition.