Allerede den 8. februar 1994 gjorde Alexander Langer, som jeg har afløst her i Europa-Parlamentet, opmærksom på, at demokratiet i Albanien endnu kun var i sin spæde vorden, og han opfordrede alle Den Europæiske Unions organer til at tage højde for denne situation, for hvis vi ikke er i stand til at tackle en situation som den albanske, hvorledes kan vi da gøre os forhåbninger om at løse alle de problemer, der findes i hele Østeuropa?
As early as 8 February 1994, the Member who preceded me in this Parliamentary seat, Alexander Langer, stated that Albania was not yet a normal democratic state, that ordinary democratic life was not yet fully developed, and called on all the European Union institutions to confront this situation, for if we are not able to confront a situation such as the Albanian one, how can we hope to confront all the problems of Eastern Europe as a whole?