The €1.4 billion development would include hotels on Sazan Island and near the Vjosa-Narta protected landscape, a wetland habitat for flamingos, seals and nesting sea turtles. Protesters accuse the government of favoring foreign investors and weakening environmental safeguards, while Prime Minister Edi Rama says the project will create jobs and will proceed. Demands by those taking part in the ‘flamingo’ protests now extend to Rama’s resignation and broader political change in Albania. The European Parliament has called for a construction moratorium in protected areas, while the European Commission has urged Tirana to meet EU environmental rules as it seeks membership of the bloc. Albania’s government has pledged a full environmental impact assessment.