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Edi Rama is neither a socialist nor a communist, but a pragmatist!
2026-05-28 22:25:23 / IDE
We all know the journey of Edi Rama in every aspect of his political life: from the streets of the rebel and the anti-conformist, to the current prime minister who has dominated Albanian politics for more than a decade. He has always known how to change political skin according to time, interest and circumstances.
Edi Rama left the Democratic Party of Albania according to the official version after a clash with Sali Berisha, to then continue his path as minister of culture, mayor and later as absolute leader of the Socialist Party of Albania. But if you look carefully at his political and psychological profile, Rama has never been a classic socialist, much less a communist.
He does not speak like a leftist, he does not govern like a leftist, and he does not behave like an ideological leader. In many cases, his way of governing seems closer to right-wing pragmatism than to traditional socialist philosophy. For Rama, power is not an instrument of ideology, but an instrument of control and personal fulfillment.
Moreover, in the way he conceives and maintains power, Rama at many moments behaves like the old communists: power and maintaining it at all costs is enough for him. Precisely for this reason, he has no problem changing statements, positions or political approaches from one period to another. Today he can speak as a European progressive, tomorrow as a nationalist and then as a modern liberal or authoritarian leader. For him, what matters is the political function of the narrative and not loyalty to an ideological conviction.
His speech on the 35th anniversary of the Socialist Party clearly showed this. He spoke about the history of the party, about stability, about European integration and about the transformative power of the Socialist Party, but almost nowhere was there an ideological spirit of the left. There was no debate about social equality, nor about the classes in need, nor about the social democratic philosophy. It was a speech built on success, power and the administration of political force.
Even when he mentioned the communists, Rama was careful to maintain an emotional distance from them. He said that the Socialist Party had appreciated the communists for what they had been, but had rejected communism for what it produced. In fact, Rama’s relationship with the former communists seems more utilitarian than ideological. He uses them as an electoral base and as a structural legacy of the party, but often creates the impression that he essentially despises them as a mentality.
Edi Rama is not a product of political conviction. He is a product of the instinct for survival and domination. This is precisely why he manages to communicate sometimes as a European progressive, sometimes as a nationalist, sometimes as a modern liberal and sometimes as an authoritarian leader. He changes narratives easily, because he is not emotionally attached to any doctrine.
In the end, perhaps Edi Rama's greatest political strength is precisely this: he is neither a socialist nor a communist. He is a pragmatist. This may have worked well for maintaining personal power and dominating Albanian political life, but not necessarily for Albania. Because a state is not built solely with momentary pragmatism, but with vision, stability and a clear political identity. When politics constantly changes according to the interests of the day, the country risks losing the long-term direction and stability it needs to truly develop. #Share
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