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 governments
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, theres 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, theres not yet possible to
welcome any new idea that is not produced inside the bipolar world. In areas that belong
to bipolarity theres 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. Lets 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.