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Albania has become the first and only narco-state in Europe, while producing immigrants and refugees. This is what the Democratic Party leader, Sali Berisha, said at the conference "The Western Balkans Paradigm", which was also attended by the EPP's Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Patrick Voller.
Berisha said that Albania began accession negotiations at a time when it did not meet any criteria except geopolitical ones.
"Albania started negotiations when all the power, 94 percent, is concentrated in one hand. Here you can see that this is the year 2020, it is the last dictator and now this column is higher.
"The Prime Minister of Albania, to your surprise, has since become chairman of the National Council of Science, has become chairman of the National Water Committee, since then, the Albanian Prime Minister has changed laws and every single building, even one-story ones, must be signed by him in order to exist, violating every international principle because we are members of the Council of Europe and there is local autonomy, there is regional autonomy," said the democratic leader.
He further added that when we started negotiations, the Albanian economy was replaced by the drug economy.
"Whoever wants to see what a narco-economy means, doesn't have to go to Bolivia or other countries, it's enough to come to Albania because it is the first and only narco-state in Europe."
Why is it a narco-economy?
Let me give you some information.
Once, due to the narco-economic flow, the euro was devalued by 98 percent.
If you look at our economy, every six months, according to statistics, industrial production falls more and more, so do exports and agro-industrial production. But the country continues to grow by 3-4 percent. This growth comes from construction.
According to Eurostat, the country has the highest construction index in Europe. In Albania, the average is three times higher than the European index.
Construction creates jobs, of course, but exports create more. Manufacturing creates more. Agricultural production creates more. Yet they are declining.
What's going on?
Albanians are fleeing the territory. From 2014 to 2024, again according to Eurostat, 1 million and 99 thousand Albanians have left Albania to the Schengen area alone, not counting those who have left for the USA, Britain, Switzerland, Canada, Australia or the Middle East.
"The country has become a producer of immigrants and refugees," Berisha said.
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