Prime Minister Edi Rama asked MPs at the group meeting to stay united at this moment.
“We must be united with the rose as always,” Rama is reported to have said at the closed-door meeting.
“Increase your presence on the ground, talk to people and increase your presence on social media,” was another message from Rama to Socialist Party MPs.
Furthermore, the prime minister is reported to have said: “This is the climate I predicted months ago, the foreign hands came out.”