Albania's Constitutional Court on
Wednesday suspended the ratification, expected by parliament
Thursday, of the recent deal between Prime Minister Edi Rama and
Premier Giorgia Meloni to process up to 36,000 migrants a year
at two Italian-run centres in the Adriatic country.
The high court was responding to two separate appeals, one from
the Albanian Democratic Party, and the other from 28 MPs backing
former centre-right premier Sali Berisha.
The appeals argue that the deal breaches the Constitution and
the international conventions Albania adheres to.
The ratification is suspended until the court issues a sentence,
for which it has three months time.
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