"The European Moviment Socialist Party of Albania"....Fatos Nano to compose the new politic Moviment.

Photo: Ex Mayer of Athens Dora Bakogianis, actualy Foreign Minister of Greece, to honore the ex Albanian Prime Minister Fatos Nano.

By Stavros Markos*

After faled to electe albanian president, Fatos Nano begins to change his politicaly profil inside Socialist Party of albania. A group of Socialist Party in Parliament, voted to elect a high represent of Democratic Party of Prime Minister Sali Berisha, Bamir Topi, under the influence of ex socialist leader Fatos Nano. Annyway if the efforts of Nano to take the head of SP would be faled until Octobber 2007, for the left political of albania will begin the separation proces.
According to annalysis of RIEAS in Athens some months ago, Fatos Nano shold be the future leader to compose a new party suported from albanians emigrant in Greece including Northern Epiriotes contigent with about 700 thousand people. The new Politic Party will nominate "The European Moviment Socialist Party of Albania" a similar of PASOK the Pan Socialist Moviment of Greece, of leader George Papandreu (The President of International Socialist of the World).
The leaders of Greek Minority (Northern Epirus) in Albanian Parliament (HURP) have been the only supporters of Fatos Nano to be cantidat elected for President, but anny efforts faled because Albania (with total influence from diaspora and Kosovo) needed for a President a moderator cantidat from musulman religion, indicted from new developments in Southern Balkan Region, particularly for albanian unification future proces.
So, the new start of Fatos Nano assegns a strategic plain about new politic electinos in albania in 2008, under the total influence of Athens and suporter from northern epiriotean electorate to win the elections.

Decision of Fatos Nano to compose a New Political Party in Albania (RIEAS, Editorials 2007 & Analysis)

The ex Socialist Premier Fatos Nano, declared recently an proposal to VOA Albanian Section, in order to compose a new Politic Party in Albania, after the last Socialist Party Congress held in Tirana and with a negative political result. Nano accuses Edi Rama, the SP President, as a dictator and a fundamentalist that by his actions will ultimately disintegrate the influential Party of SP that since its foundation in 1991 plays an integral role in the Albanian political scene.
According to the Albanian Press sources, Fatos Nano could win politically in the future and become again a Prime Minister of Albania with a more European orientation, if he will include in his Party, a large representation of Northern Eipiriotes electorate, which historically live in Southern Albania, known as Northern Epirus Region. The electorate is almost exclusively composed by Albanian emigrants and Northern Eipiriotes, most of them holding Greek identity cards and citizenship documents
According to information from sources in Athens, the leader of Socialist Party in Greece, has requested by Edi Rama before local elections of 20 February, to have a large percentage of candidates from Northern Eipiriotes, mustering thousand of votes from immigrants in Greece, but Edi Rama was against this proposal.
On a domestic party level, Fatos Nano could take from Parliamentary Socialist Group (45 in total) the majority members, so as to gain political supremacy. Also he could easily control party politics in most parts of Southern Albania (Northern Epirus) whilst Edi Rama is mostly supported by the business world, the clans and the media.
It seems that Fatos Nano political future lies more in aligning with the Greek minority members and with the Albanian populous having strong ties with Greece, because in most respects this is going to be his vital electorate basis for the future developments in his party.
Regarding Hellenic diplomacy during and after 1997 period (Civil War in Albania) Fatos Nano has been supported through aid and finance from Athens and assisted in the expansion of Greek investments in Albania. On the other hand he was not overtly confident so as create more space for the Greek Minority rights... Fatos Nano in order to rise into the politic stratum once again needs support from the Greek-oriented electorate and the media and foreign diplomacy support particularly from Athens.
It seems quite probable that over the coming months the political significance of Greek minority members in Albania will going to upgrade to the influential role they could play in relation to domestic Albanian politics, especially those of the Socialist Party and in particular of Fatos Nano political ascendancy.

Stavros Markos*
(Journalist and Member of the World Security Network Foundation at Athens & Southeastern Europe Office, RIEAS Athens).

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