Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama ignores calls to resign amid violent clashes
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Anti-government protesters continued calls for Edi Rama to step down as violent clashes between demonstrators and police again took place.
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Student-led protests continued in Albania for a sixth day with continued demands for Prime Minister Edi Rama to resign.
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Despite those calls, Rama is refusing to step down, saying the demonstrations were not a threat to government but rather a threat to Albania's ambition of accession to the European Union.
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"I am not being challenged, the government is not being challenged, a government majority or a winning party in the elections is not being challenged but a path is being challenged, a mission is being challenged," Rama said in a live address on Facebook.
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"Albanians need to think very clearly: Do they want this, do they want that, or do they want the EU?” Rama asked.
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Rama ruled out resigning and said that the protests are the "work of an outside hand."
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Earlier in the week Rama ruled out resigning, saying that governments were changed through elections.
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Student-led demonstrations, spurred by discontent over alleged government corruption, unemployment and poor education standards, have rocked central Tirana and spread to other cities in the past week.
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On Sunday, hundreds gathered outside the Education Ministry, chanting "Rama resign!" and threw rocks at riot police who responded with tear gas, water cannon and rubber bullets.
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The protests come at a difficult for Albania as it is among a group of Balkan states seeking to join the EU by 2030.
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There have been calls for calm from Brussels amid the violent protests. The European Commission in Sunday condemned the use of violence in Tirana and othern cities.
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The commission added that it welcomed the Albanian authorities' commitment that the right to protest will be protected.
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