BIRN: Rama is trying to delegitimize students with rhetoric reminiscent of the class struggle

Experts in history and psychotherapy see the prime minister’s belligerent language toward protesters as an attempt at collective stigmatization, similar to the practices of the class struggle before the 1990s. Following the escalation of the protests and violent clashes with police, Edi Rama has used increasingly harsh tones toward the students. According to assessments, his statements divide and punish, going beyond warnings about the enforcement of the law.