The weak Balkan countries, Albanians and faith to the future

by Eduart GJOKUTAJ

Has spent more than a decade since the last war in the Balkans. Balkan government’s

policies are oriented about transformations in economic and political lifecycle. Balkan

countries, which continue to be weak on markets and the global economy, remain a

dangerous area to destabilize their relationship followed by an inexhaustible history of

political and social crisis. Balkan countries, which are 'Achilles heel' of Europe, continue

to maintain the heritage of socio-economic arrears. Poverty is the most epidemic 'disease'

that they have and that not only can not heal by 'vaccines' of developed countries, but

their health budget continues to provide vague signs of hope.

The opening of the Balkan to the world, taint them the infectious 'disease' still more

dangerous. Massive corruption and impunity, capacity and low productivity of public

administration, increase of crime and damages to natural resources and environmental

pollution effects are updates that summarize the developments of the last decade of the

Balkan countries. On the other hand, governments are facing fundamental changes to the

policy of maintaining national security, economic and political reform, but still rooted

associated with previous models and are not letting the young generation showed the best

values of heritage.

But why such difficulties and sadness in the Balkans?

Political irresponsibility, lack of meritocratic elites and the lack of an all agreed vision for

building non-polar world are reasons to be analyzed to reflect changes. The only product

of leadership that has led to two decades Balkans is the establishment of undeserved

financial oligarchies and social values that have destroyed their countries with greed for

wealth that is only justified for 'Gods'. Today's leadership in the Balkans failed to guide

the economy toward model-based mechanisms of redistribution of national income and

assets. In fact, today's leadership must work as a leadership for tomorrow by cutting all

illegal connections with those who have contributed to economic models and weak

government.

This 'sick' of the Balkan countries has broadcasted destabilized social cycles; it has

extended effects to economy, and to the leaders with weak individual characters. The

fiscal indicators present weakened economies of each country that is managed by this

kind of leaders. The foreign policies of weak Balkan countries are held to the hope of

continuity of nationalist debates and retouched with the idea of access to European sound

values. With no possibility of a strong economic base, none of the countries is able to

respond more complex trends of globalization and the impact of geopolitics.

Future Directions and new models

Most of Balkan governments have reconstructed models of economies, according to the

models of good governance. But some of them have not been effective to build

institutions capable to precede political and social problems, being committed to just

solve the problems of the day, but also the high cost to citizens. In some moments of

history that we live, they consume all resources in disposition to transfer personal

problems of leadership by creating social upheaval and international.

Balkan countries, although discarded authoritarianism and political leadership

intervention in economic and social life, behind the 'curtain' of a democratic system are

still hidden weaknesses of governments. Still follows the story where the government

pursues its opponents any way, affecting this way the radicalization of social forces. Such

a political moral managed to contaminate through seduction and corruption of individual

and collective morality all social and political environments in the country.

The weaker Balkan countries are collecting for the future more problems that have not

been before. They are now alike tax havens countries and tax evasion and smuggling

have not yet consistently monitored, breaching their national security policy. The focus of

many powers and oligarchic monopolies in little rich families creates premises to provoke

occasional harassment to status quos placed on the grounds of unjust social and political.

Across the full panorama of the Balkans, each of us today still looks the projection of a

harsh environment, frozen and inhospitable to large investments, inherited from former

times.

... For the future economic development and policy change of Albanian states

Ironically, in today's Albanians states, there’s really a political double-colored world,

which has produced a double-colored financial world. For over 24 years, it is 'painted'

and exposed from the political leadership and extends to areas where every political hue

dominates. These areas have all the characteristics of a polarization life. Although there

are developments that influence lifestyle outside bipolar world, there’s not yet possible to

welcome any new idea that is not produced inside the bipolar world. In areas that belong

to bipolarity there’s lacking basic conditions for stability and development. Local

governments look weak, closely related to the vices of their political leaders and in the

majority of overloaded by local politicians incapable of organizing and reconstruction of

regional economic development. Social moral norms needed for conversion with the

European system of values, but also increase of the implementation of the rule of law

prevailing political norms, is in the background of bipolar world. The first continues to be

political norms. These norms give the connotation of social and economic life. Despite

efforts to redesign for a different picture, these areas live in their own pale panorama,

transmitting to the citizens a stark image without visionary perspective for development.

People want to know the benefits and drawbacks that can expect in the future.

Countries should not be hostage to some undeserved autocrats and oligarchs, staying

divided and poisoned in the ideas and sighted interests. If the country has no welfare, the

individuals that leaded the country are the really losers and should be seen as the only

responsible part of society for the loss of time and opportunity and not as a victim of

politics. Economically, the development of Albanian states after moments of historical

ups has been a constant walking pace, but no guarantee for the future. Current leadership

has given performances with a clear message of detachment from autocratic wind. The

governments propagate that has come the moment of wind for major reforms and cut with

the past times, investing to the future and the interest of economic development. It is the

unity and cooperation without interest, one that enables the separation from the past

times. Albanians policy is economic development, strengthening the country's security

and choice of visionary models where every citizen feels contributor to themselves and

the country.

Where to believe for the future?

The fight against negative phenomena, old and new ones, serves to increase the role and

image of the government in the eyes of society. Political coloring applies only to the

extent necessary emotion to a normal fan. Limitation of illegal traffic of every kind,

reduction of informality and tax evasion, continuation of fight against the motives and

roots of organized crime and corruption and their sentence without social and political

differences, creating conditions of competition for all legal activities, and increasing

savings and wealth for every Albanian (growth of income per capita) must be among the

key performance indicators for assessing the leadership and making the difference with

the former leadership.

Of course, that aims the 100% implementation of laws are the foundation upon which can

be realized above indicators. These indicators should be seen with intention to provide

solutions for problems of Albanian society as feuds, lack of democratic culture and

gender equality. Let’s begin first to oppose the bipolar world, where everyone should

contribute through people who are near the most important decisions of country life being

brought to the country alike as to the fate of close peoples. This will be a help in the

formation of a world without domination of sounds of politics. Fighting each negative

phenomenon, coordination of actions of governmental segments, as well as help from

middle and low classes that carry morale and courage to confront the bad habitudes, will

be the largest coalition to push historic walking toward consolidating economic

development of the country.