# Albania's PM Rama refuses EU resignation demands

> Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama ignores calls to resign amid violent protests.
- Title: Albania's PM Rama refuses EU resignation demands · Dw
- Summary: Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama ignores calls to resign amid violent protests. Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama refuses to resign despite student-led…
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## Violence continues
Student-led protests continue for sixth day demanding Prime Minister Edi Rama resign.
## Rama's refusal
Rama says demonstrations threaten Albania's EU accession ambitions, not government stability.
## Rama's statement
Rama claims protests target Albania's EU path, not government, and are 'work of an outside hand'.

> 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
## Clashes escalate
Protesters throw rocks at police who respond with tear gas, water cannons and rubber bullets.
## Key takeaway

Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama refuses to resign despite student-led protests demanding his stepdown amid violent clashes.