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Albania, which was born indebted to the great powers and especially Italy, has decided to remove the headache of immigration from the poor.
In a continent that is on the brink of a demographic catastrophe, Albania, which is often carrying more weight than its knees can bear, a weight that should be borne by the great powers, is emerging as a humanitarian superpower.
While the EU has been facing for decades the aging of the population and the lack of labor force, Albania has taken on the Herculean task of saving the Union alone.
Germany, the country that has been called the economic engine of Europe, is facing a labor force deficit and a surplus of retirees. But Albania's intervention, generously sending its best and brightest to manage Western Europe's production lines, hospitals and nursing homes, is rekindling lost hope.
This act of self-sacrifice cannot be underestimated; emptying its hospitals, schools, villages and cities, Albania is making it possible for the elderly in Frankfurt to get their daily dose of care. In the end, what is the value of some abandoned villages and towns in Albania in the face of the need of the strategic ally and great friend Germany, for builders, drivers, nurses, doctors, etc.?
And let's not forget Italy, the land of pizza, pasta, Serie A and, more recently, unemployment and migration crises. Albania, which was born indebted to the great powers and especially Italy, has decided to remove the headache of immigration from the poor.
Instead of Italy, abandoned by the other countries of the Union, facing the asylum seekers alone, Albania has put its chest to work by generously opening the doors of the coastal-tourist city of Shengjin, transforming it into a five-star immigrant camp.
It's a self-proclaimed win-win solution—Italy keeps its reputation as a tourist paradise intact, the EU learns how to solve its migrant problem, and Albania gains the exotic shade of multiculturalism it so desperately needs.
But the contributions of Tirana do not end here. As the world becomes more and more interconnected and globalization is at its zenith, Albania has turned its gaze towards the East.
Once the last communist leader said that we are neither East nor West, today we are a bridge, even more than a bridge between East and West.
The annual conference of ambassadors, which is taking place these days in Tirana, has taken the bull by the horns. Well informed that Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines are facing high youth unemployment, Albanian diplomacy has stepped in to offer its labor market a lifeboat.
It's a revolutionary concept: we exchange the runaway youth of Albania head-to-head for the untapped energy of Southeast Asia. After all, who needs local talent when everything (like many things in the country of eagles) can be imported? While young Albanians flee to the UK to serve coffee and clean hotel rooms, young people from Jakarta and Manila come to Tirana to do the same.
Quid pro quo. Head to head!
It is a pity that Albania's altruism is misread and misunderstood. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) just published a shocking report: Albania and Moldova are the most emigrating countries in Europe.
With 40% of Albania's workforce now working in other countries, many might think the country is on the verge of collapse. But this pessimism misses the point. A classic case of what you see is not what you see it to be. Albania is not suffering; she is sacrificing herself for the good of the continent and the globe.
Let's imagine, for a moment, a world without Albania's generosity. The UK's pubs would be empty, the elderly in Germany would be neglected and Milan's construction sites would remain deserted.
The youth of Southeast Asia would remain in their countries, dreaming of a better life that only Albania could offer. The immigrant camps of Shengjin would remain deserted. This is how the EU and the world would be if a nation like Albania withdrew from global responsibilities.
The leader of Albania, of course, knows well what global responsibility means. He understands that to save Europe, to save the world, we must make sacrifices. And so, with determination, we continue to empty hospitals, schools, houses, villages, cities by sending hundreds of thousands of Albanians to fight the economic crisis and the demographic decline of the EU.
We, on the other hand, invite the unemployed of Asia, offering them opportunities that they never even dreamed of before.
In this noble mission, Albania has become the main pillar of global stability, at a time when the world and especially the great powers have lost the thread by dealing with the war in Ukraine and Gaza.
So, the next time you read articles like the one based on IOM information, about Albania's high emigration or INSTAT statistics about population decline, don't make the mistake of mentioning or thinking the word crisis. It is not a crisis, it is a contribution. And it matters little if the world recognizes us for this contribution.
The important thing is that yesterday we sacrificed for the world proletarian revolution, today for the victories of regional, continental and global capitalism!
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