nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/11e6038a22db8620 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260701s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/11e6038a22db8620 doi eng 342 23 Piqani, Darinka Author aut Of Flamingos, EU Conditionality and Unfulfilled Expectations - Mass Protests Over “Development” Projects in Albania Piqani, Darinka Verfassungsblog 2026-07-01 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Recently Albania has hit international headlines with news on an ongoing protest over a development project linked to Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump. Flamingos, that populate the area where the project is set, and banners “Albania is not for sale” have become the symbol of the demonstrations. The approval by the EP of a Resolution on the 2025 Commission Report on 17 June 2026, where a moratorium was requested on any development in the Vjosë-Nartë, was received with optimism from protesters. Yet pre-accession EU conditionality may appear slow and with limited effectiveness. CC BY-SA 4.0 Albania Albanien EU EU Accession EU acquis EU conditionality coruption environment protests (DE-588)4001028-4 gnd Albanien (DE-588)10290611-7 gnd EU Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/of-flamingos-eu-conditionality-and-unfulfilled-expectations/ raw object