The well-known German newspaper "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung" was surprised by the fact that Giorgia Meloni suddenly decided to spend her first vacation as prime minister in Vlora, where she managed to maintain privacy as well as in Puglia.
For her first summer vacation as head of government, Meloni chose Puglia, which was considered a reasonable choice by political observers. It was a destination in the homeland, in dignified but not too luxurious accommodation, in which she would be guaranteed the privacy of her family.
The paparazzi unsuccessfully tried to use drones to capture any photos or videos. Then unexpectedly, Meloni and her family welcomed a private invitation from Prime Minister Edi Rama and took the scheduled ferry from Brindisi to Vlora.
The German newspaper mentions the fact that at the same time as their prime minister, half a million Italians are attracted by the beauties of Albania.
One might question whether Albania was an appropriate choice for a short vacation in the Ferragosto period for the Italian prime minister and her family. Newspapers are full of reports of families fleeing high prices in Italy for the shores of Albania, where for the same amount of money you can get two to three times more vacation days than at home, including the cost of transportation across the country. Adriatic. The Germans didn't even hesitate to be ironic: apparently even for the head of the Italian government, vacations in her country had become too expensive.

The German newspaper underlines the fact that the socialist Rama and the right-wing conservative Meloni get along great, despite their ideological differences. Rama praised Meloni as a "tigress" who has surprised all senior politicians on the international stage as a woman and a great Europeanist with an extraordinary talent for communication.
FAZ points out that little Albania is expecting nine million tourists this year, a third more than last year. The increase in the number of Italian visitors to the well-known German newspaper is particularly large.
The German journalist writes that Rama posted a photo on social networks showing the completely overcrowded cargo ship "Vlora", which was used to bring more than 10,000 poor refugees across the Adriatic Sea to Bari, immediately after the fall of "communism". of the Stone Age" in Albania in 1991.
"Albanians on the way to Italy, 1991", he writes.
Next to it, Rama placed a photo of the same goods, from a different perspective, and wrote: "Italians on the way to Albania for vacation, 2023". But Meloni, the Germans write with irony and jealousy, certainly did not go to Vlora with "Vlora".
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