Election officials start counting the votes from the parliamentary elections in Tirana, Albania June 26, 2017. REUTERS/Florion Goga
TIRANA (Reuters) - Albania's ruling Socialist Party is set to win a majority in parliament, a partial vote count showed on Monday, helping them to push economic and judicial reforms needed to join the European Union.
Prime Minister Edi Rama asked voters to give him a mandate in Sunday's vote that would help his party ditch smaller ones and govern alone so as to expedite anti-corruption reforms to the judiciary called for by the EU.
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