VMRO-DPMNE’s parliamentary group has announced that it will soon submit amendments to the Law on the Use of Languages, which, as the party says, will mean its compliance with the Venice Commission’s recommendations. Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi believes that MPs have the right to submit these amendments, but that their adoption also requires the so-called. Badinter majority, which, according to him, cannot be secured, because there is no such mood among Albanian MPs.

He also considers that the Commission’s opinion is not binding, a position the Alliance for Albanians agrees with. The BESA Movement, however, having the same opinion that changes to the Law on the Use of Languages ​​is not possible due to the inability to secure the Badinter majority, also believes that the opening of the issue is part of the SDSM and DUI pre-election games, but of the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party as well for securing political points. SDSM says they do not want to comment before seeing the amendments proposed by VMRO-DPMNE, but emphasize that a broader debate is needed on this issue to build a common position.

The Venice Commission is clear in its recommendations that the legislative solutions go beyond the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities and the European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages. What is covered by the Law is not a European practice, said Dragan Danev of VMRO-DPMNE.