EP, political climate in Balkan is deteriorated

Eduard Kukan, follow-rapporteur for Albania, declared that the “political culture for the EU candidate countries and the potential countries is not boycotting the parliamentary work”. “The political culture is not antagonizing the adversary. The political culture is not making unfounded accusations. The political culture is not openly making surveillance to the citizens. Political culture is not intervening to the independent institutions. Political culture is not cultivating an auto-censoring environment for the journalists and civil society”, he underlined.

Ralf Gjoni, adviser of the Parliament Speaker, made a question for the panel, especially for Mr.Brock.

“What happens when all spaces are created for the opposition have a more constructive part, and when the absolute drive for boycott is for political purposes? And I am not talking only about Albania for this?”

According to Gjoni, the “messages from Brussels are very important, but they should be coherent and not embrace the different political agendas of these countries”.

Gert Bogdani, Democratic Party member, answered to Gjoni:

“I heard my colleague from the Socialist Movement for Integration talking about friendship groups and other necessary institutions that are led by the opposition. It is like trying to sell ice to the Eskimos. I democracy we talk about investigative commissions as the only tool of the opposition to control the government, since we are at the freedom of speech. He also talked about a perception of negative climate in the country, as if it was encouraged by the opposition. The last scandal in Albania, as you know, doesn’t come from the opposition but from within the majority, since their MP is accusing the Parliament Speaker. It is within them”.

Elmar Brok, Head of the Foreign Commission of the European Parliament underlined: “I am very interested to know how will things go with this investigation in Albania. We have this example in Albania that the government blames the opposition for what they do not achieve. Developing democracies should not need Brussels. I wouldn’t feel comfortable if I had to step in between the government and the opposition. There is no reason for intermediation from us”.

Knut Fleckenstein, rapporteur for Albania at the European Parliament, underlined: “I am certain that the colleagues of the European Parliament are not acting properly in the European Parliament and the Budestag too, but it should not be me the one telling them what to do. The government and the opposition must take advantage of any chance they get for resolving their problems with the crime and the media, if they really want to, but this must take place in the Parliament first. Otherwise, it is the same like paying a shopkeeper than never shows up at the shop”.

Although most of the European Parliament draft resolution is about political dialogue and compromise, there was no MP from the majority. The Parliament was represented only with the Democratic Party MP, Bogdani, and three councilors from the main political groups.

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