Albania's ruling Democratic Party led their main left-wing rivals by four seats on Wednesday but do not yet have enough seats to form a government with 98 percent of votes counted from Sunday's parliamentary election. Both parties favor European integration, market reforms, improved infrastructure and modernizing agriculture. The Socialists say they would turn to the International Monetary Fund for economic help, but Prime Minister Sali Berisha has publicly been more cautious about this. The Democrats have 70 seats against the Socialists' 66, while the...
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