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Cold Civil War in Albania
2011. 02. 15.
The situation that Albania finds itself in is best described as a cold civil war.
Political parties play the role of warring sides and are pulling the country into a negative spiral. The explanation is that both left and right believe that political parties should rule exclusively, as the communist party once did. Once a polarisation of this kind has begun, it is very difficult to transform the situation into one that resembles democratic norms, because in the context exclusive power is completely rational – and it is tragic. Is there a way out? Yes, catharsis, but only a major crisis or a grand historic compromise can bring this about.
