{"id":17282,"date":"2021-07-13T15:15:09","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T13:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=17282"},"modified":"2021-07-13T15:16:43","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T13:16:43","slug":"lawsuit-against-ambassador-soreca-eu-commission-a-campaign-against-the-delegation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/lawsuit-against-ambassador-soreca-eu-commission-a-campaign-against-the-delegation\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;A campaign against the delegation&#8221;, EU reacts to lawsuit against Ambassador Soreca"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The European Commission has reacted to a lawsuit deposited at SPAK by the Alliance for the Protection of the National Theater against EU Ambassador Luigi Soreca.<\/p>\n<p>The Commission\u2019s spokesperson, Peter Stano, declared that the accusations pressed against the head of the EU delegation are \u201cbaseless\u201d and &#8220;defamatory&#8221;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8230;the Head of Delegation are baseless and defamatory.<\/p>\n<p>Ambassador <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LSorecaEU?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LSorecaEU<\/a>, our Head of Delegation, has full and unwavering support &amp; confidence by the top leaders of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EU_Commission?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EU_Commission<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eu_eeas?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@eu_eeas<\/a> for the great work he is doing on the ground in the interest of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EU<\/a>&#8230;2\/4<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; EU in Albania (@EUinAlbania) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EUinAlbania\/status\/1414909987009220609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 13, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Alliance for the Protection of the Theater raised a series of allegations against the Ambassador and called on him to explain a meeting with the head of the Constitutional Court, casting doubts that he might have potentially tried to affect the court\u2019s verdict.<\/p>\n<p>The EU Delegation to Albania considered the claims of the Alliance as \u201cdefamatory\u201d, clarifying on Twitter that the latter is not based on truthful facts while explaining that the meeting was over another case.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/06\/30\/eu-delegation-responds-to-the-accusations-of-the-alliance-for-the-protection-of-the-national-theater\/\">EU delegation responds to accusations of the Alliance for the Protection of the National Theater<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/video\/224splar\/2021\/07\/02\/constitutional-court-overturns-governments-decision-on-national-theater\/\">Constitutional Court overturns government\u2019s decision on National Theater<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2020\/09\/24\/alliance-for-the-protection-of-theater-reports-head-of-tirana-prosecution\/\">The Alliance for the Protection of the Theater files report against the head of the Tirana Prosecution<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Commission has reacted to a lawsuit deposited at SPAK by the Alliance for the Protection of the National Theater against EU Ambassador Luigi Soreca. 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