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Democratic MP, Jorida Tabaku, accused the Government of having made reforms only on paper, while emphasizing that 15% of Albanian businesses are ready for the EU. Tabaku's reaction comes at a time when Brussels has announced the passage of IBAR, while the Government is preparing to start the next phase of negotiations with the European Union.
In a video published on social networks, Tabaku emphasizes that the integration process cannot be reduced to the approval of laws on paper, while Albanian businesses remain unprepared for the costs and standards required by the European market.
According to her, business associations themselves admit that only 15% of businesses, mainly manufacturing ones, are ready for the integration process, while the vast majority cannot afford the costs of approximation to EU standards.
"Integration should have been a topic of discussion for business for a long time. There should have been a cost-benefit analysis, real consultations with businesses, and concrete preparations for how European legislation will affect the Albanian economy," says Tabaku.
The Democratic MP raises questions about the ability of businesses to cope with new investments, technology and the lack of a qualified workforce, warning that the burden of reforms is being transferred to citizens and entrepreneurship, while the government has focused more on propaganda than on the country's real preparation.
She also links the integration process to the country's economic and social problems, from salaries and pensions to social gaps, emphasizing that Albania continues to remain among the most problematic countries in the region in terms of living standards.
"Integration is not just opening chapters or passing laws. It is building standards and functional institutions in practice," Tabaku declares.
Tabaku's post
Wishing you a good start to the week, I wanted to start this week's discussion with the issue of European integration.
It is an issue that has been the topic of the day, the weeks and the months. Unfortunately, not always for the right reasons. But today I want to focus on a very important element: the readiness of Albanian business for the integration process.
Business associations themselves state that only 15% of businesses, mainly manufacturing ones, are ready for the integration process, while 98% of them cannot afford the costs.
What does this mean?
It means that European integration should have been a topic of discussion for Albanian business for a long time. A real analysis of costs and benefits should have been done in time. Businesses should have been informed, consulted and included in the discussions about all the European Union legislation that they will have to implement.
How will this legislation affect them?
Are they ready to increase investments?
Are they ready to adopt technology?
Do they have qualified employees to handle this process?
The same discussion applies to the economic and social gaps in the country. From salaries, to pensions, to social issues, Albania unfortunately continues to remain among the last countries in the region.
For this reason, when we say that the integration process should be a national priority, this is precisely what we have in mind: the real preparation of Albanian society for the European Union.
Because integration is not simply the adoption of laws on paper. Integration is the building of standards, institutions, and a functional economy in practice.
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