Allegation: The Trump family’s billion-dollar project is messing up Albania’s EU process

President of the United States Donald Trump’s large protests against the family’s planned luxury hotel have continued over the weekend in Tirana, the capital of Albania.

The protests against the luxury hotel started in Tirana at the beginning of June and have now continued for 35 days in a row. The number of participants in Saturday’s protest was, for example by ABC News according to the authorities, tens of thousands of people participated in it so far.

The daughter of the President of the United States Ivanka Trump and this spouse Jared Kushnerin the protests that started with the over four billion euro hotel project are now being demanded by the prime minister of Albania Eddie Raman resignation and an end to corruption.

The hotel project has also caught the attention of the members of the European Parliament, as a luxury hotel is planned for the abandoned island and the coast next to it. The area is ecologically important due to the nearby lagoon and migratory birds such as flamingos.

Last week Interviewed by the Guardian MEPs warned that the project threatens Albania’s possible EU membership. Dutch, MEP leading the European Parliament’s information-gathering delegation in the Balkan countries Tineke Strik says Edi Rama is “playing with fire” and putting his country at stake in the EU process.

“Planned real estate construction on such a large scale in such a sensitive area is a huge threat,” he commented.

Strik demands that the European Commission pay attention to the issue and talk “in a serious tone” with Rama and this government. Already at the beginning of June, the Commission demanded that Albania comply with EU environmental legislation.

The prime minister of Albania has repeatedly said that he will continue to support the hotel project because it brings tourists and foreign investments to the country.

“I was voted in to get these things done. I wasn’t voted in to buck people who have a different idea of ​​how to develop the country,” he said In an interview with Reuters in June.