Berisha: The country has become a producer of immigrants and refugees

Sali Berisha, at the conference "The Western Balkans Paradigm", declared that Albania "has become a producer of immigrants and refugees".

"Albania started accession negotiations and I can assure you that it started negotiations at a time when it did not meet any criteria except geopolitics. Whoever wants to sit down, we are ready to provide them with European data and statistics that support what I say. Albania started negotiations when all the powers, 94 percent, were concentrated in one hand. Here you can see that this is the year 2020, he is the last dictator and now this column is higher. Now, the Prime Minister of Albania, to your surprise, has since become the chairman of the National Council of Science, has become the 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. But this is the reality here," said the leader of the Democratic Party, writes A2.

"Secondly, when we started negotiations, the Albanian economy was replaced by the narco-economy. Whoever wants to see what the narco-economy means, does not have to go to Bolivia or other countries, it is 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 data. Once, from 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. Production even more. Agricultural production even more. However, they are declining. What is happening? 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," added Sali Berisha. (A2 Televizion)