Albanian Third Position
Albanian Third Position abbreviated ATP, is an Albanian far-right, neo-Nazi, neo-fascist, traditionalist, and anti-communist movement that has been active since 2019.
Background
According to British anti-hate advocacy group Hope not Hate, ATP emerges from an atmosphere of appreciation for Nazi and fascist occupation because it unified Albania, Kosovo, Northern Macedonia and Montenegro. Established intellectuals in Albania have underscored the positive consequences of fascism as it aligned with the goals of Greater Albania movement. In 2024, one individual associated with Albanian Third Position is reported to have traveled to Ukraine to fight in the Russo-Ukrainian [war |Russo-Ukrainian War], where he was killed in combat while serving with the Azov Brigade.Ideology
ATP opposes democracy, egalitarianism and communism and adheres to the Traditionalist ideas of Julius Evola. ATP believes in the Great Replacement and uses fascist and Nazi insignia. ATP is inspired by Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari neo-fascist terrorist group.Hooliganism
ATP has overlapping membership with football hooligan ultra clubs, and ATP supporters are also members of Tirana football hooligan groups in Albania, Tetovo in Northern Macedonia and Kosovo. ATP has shared pictures of Tirana Fanatiks club members doing a group Nazi salute.Greater Albania
ATP adheres to the idea of Greater Albania, and Balkan Insight quotes their aspirations as:We do not want two or more Albanian states, we want the centralization of power and the Albanian nation. The dream for which the KLA martyrs gave their lives was not a cloth with stars, but tradition, the flag and the Albanian spirit. Democracy, liberalism and globalism have trashed the aspirations and efforts of Albanians over the centuries. Let’s run towards unification, and not towards international democratic holidays, which have nothing to do with the Albanian ideal.
The Albanian state, according to them, must be an ethnic state that unites the people through racial affiliation and maintaining the race and blood is the most fundamental principle. ATP angrily denounced Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti as a lackey of America and Zionism when he signed an agreement with Serbia's Aleksandar Vučić to end border disputes in Western Balkans.