The Albanian political coalition "Worth" (VLEN) is holding its congress in Skopje today, where five separate political subjects are merging into a single party. The ceremony starts at 5 PM at the Philharmonic, with over 800 delegates. From five to one, as the internal slogan goes.

The parties that make up VLEN - the Alliance for Albanians, Alternative, the Besa Movement, and the Democratic Left - have been operating as a joint bloc ever since the coalition became part of the governing majority in 2024. The institutional fusion was inevitable: it's hard to keep five parties with five leadership ambitions aligned in the same electoral space.

The platform of the new unified party is clear, set out by spokesman Driton Sulejmani: "Our political platform is based on a centre-right orientation focused on real equality of Albanians within institutions, the rule of law, an uncompromising fight against corruption, and the substantive implementation of the Ohrid Framework Agreement."

That's the rhetoric. The real questions are different. First - will the merger lift their electoral muscle, or dilute it through internal conflicts between five different leadership cliques? Albanian parties in the Balkans have spent decades trying consolidations - most end in splits after two or three years. The question is whether VLEN has the internal room for compromise, or will follow the same trajectory.

The second question is more interesting. At a moment when Macedonia is in talks over new constitutional amendments, and the Albanian electorate is central to that conversation, the weight of a single UNIFIED bloc around the Ohrid Framework Agreement could be a different kind of factor - either a wall against backsliding, or a lever for new demands. In Skopje's political geometry, this isn't only an organisational question. It's the question of how much the Albanian bloc's voice will weigh over the next five years.