How Albania Became the EU’s Favourite Neighbour
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Albania is slowly emerging as a frontrunner to be the EU's next member state as Prime Minister Edi Rama aims to strengthen ties with the bloc and member states of key issues. So in this video we'll explain what's happening and what impact this could have.
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Good luck Albania! Cheers from Romania!
Albania doesn't have 25% of its gdp from Marijuana this statistic is from the previous government before 2013.
sad. otherwise they might have become an absolute powerhouse in the EU after countries started to allow the posession and smoking of it with more expected to follow.
imagine 26% of you GDP is just from Pot and just a year or less before you entered the market the others first started allownig it in. Youd be the base of operations for the entire bloc
It's like saying: "I ran over a dog, but it was only 14 kilomters down the road!"
Ja fute kot o g
Honestly as more countries legalise weed, this will become a good thing, as marijuana becomes a plant like any other crop.
@@AlphaHorstAmsterdam makes Albanians look like amateurs, its just a stigma thats it.
"waiting at the altar ready to marry into the block" strange allegory
would you prefer a little orphan Albania Twist begging for more gruel? Both marriage and EU accession are ritualized and inflated versions of contract law.
@@serebii666 Marriage of 2 persons is such a version, not marriage into a block.
@@user_Esq Marriage of 2, marriage of 3, Marriage of 30 - The number of parties does not matter. It is still at its core a contract, with obligations, stipulations, and based on the concepts of offer, acceptance, awareness, consideration · capacity, and legality.
@@serebii666 Marriage of 30 is not so common in Europe. That's why I called the allegory strange.
@@user_Esq Something being common or not so common is entirely moot here. Allegories do not care about frequency. We are discussing concepts and spheres of law. Both a marriage and accession are contracts.
Alternatively, since you are evidently having a real problem getting beyond the chosen example to the actual content of the allegory, imagine Albania marrying into the family (or Household) of the EU, whose member states represent family members. Does that help more?
But most importantly, is Rama the tallest leader in the world?
I reckon there's another tall one in the Balkans not sure though
@@Bolognabeef Serbia's president, Aleksandar Vucic. Rama is 3cm taller thought but they're both giants.
Balkaners are one of the oldest population groups in history, also many of them are stupidly tall for some reason
The king of Spain is also pretty tall.
Fun fact : Albania’s king Zog was even taller
1:30 "...and withdrawn from the Warsaw pact."
Hungary, Czechoslovakia, etc.: "Wait, you can do that?"
Well for one, it didn't border the Soviet Union. And two, the neighbors it did have were Yugoslavia (Who already had a falling out with the USSR) and Greece (A NATO state).
The ussr couldnt invade em
you can do that given you dont border other warsar pact nations
@@fiorinopizio4554 no one would try to invade Albania in those times, it was like a 3 milion population, all being trained to be soldiers except children. Even roads were constructed with many turns, just so planes could not land. Not to mention the enormous amounts of amunition and more than 160k bunkers.
It would be a death trap even for Soviet union, worse than Vietnam was for US.
@@albodomi1979 they didint invade em cause they didint have a border
Albania is corrupt yes, we are poor and uneducated yes, but we have a huge heart and are extremly pro west. EU is currently harming us by promoting the current class of politicians for stability. I suppose I speak for all of us, when I say, EU please give us a hand to become part of your family.
Edit:
1. I understand unanimity is an issue for EU right now, let me tell you, we have gone against our own interest to be on par with EU. We follow the US and Western EU policies, would never dare to cause trouble.
2. We have huge problems such as corruption and crime. Trust me we want to join the EU as a way to get help to fight these problems as well. Our families invest so much in education, family values etc. The percentage that causes all the trouble are despised even more from us than the average EU citizen. Just the process of reforming our state is a huge benefit for the Albanians' everyday life. Never before have we talked so much about reforming the judicial system or fighting corruption. The closer we get to EU membership, the more these issues are solved.
3. I see a lot of talk about Albania being muslim. Practising religious people account for a maximum of 10%, divided between christian, orthodox, bektashi and muslim. As a personal anecdote, I have only recently discovered that my best friend was christian, it never came up for the last 15 years of our friendship.
4. People fleeing the country once we join EU, is long over not an issue anymore, whoever planned to leave has already left and integrated in various EU countries. I have no family members in Albania anymore, we all came to western countries, finished studies, applied for jobs and got residency permit. You have no idea the hassle we went through, the discrimination and what not. But we wanted to work for our own wellbeing. We worked hard and never relied on the welcoming countries' goverments to hand out cash for chilling at home. My parents worked as physics teachers back home, and accepted work positions in cleaning and construction just so we could have an opportunity to build a strong future for us all, we didn't and don't want free money, just the opportunities you dear reader had for granted.
5. I emphasize once again, we are so similar to Italians, Greeks, Spanish and other nations of EU. We are not foreigners, we are european, who had a tough start but just like a person who life gave a hard start, help is the medicine, not discrimination and exclusion.
@@adidibrani I think if they join the EU I think it’ll be beneficial for their economy to grow
All we need, a bunch of Albanians with free travel around the EU
@@THENEWYORKYankees-b4r they have serious economic issues,it's Europe's No1 narco nation and has terrible issues with its neighbours
Stability is really important though even if the current political class is not the best.
@@THENEWYORKYankees-b4r We could be on the same level as Italy and Greece (extremely similar culture, geogrpahy etc). The only thing holding us back is the troubled past as being the North Korea of Europe. I am 25 years old, all my circle think and behave like Italians or Spanish people. We just need freedom to fight for our future, aka let go of the 3 political parties who haven't given space for a fresh breath of advancement and access to EU to start trading more freely. As a personal example, me and my family live in Sweden, my cousins in Greece, Italy, Germany, Switzerland. We are all EU citizens, we go to university, work high paying jobs and are very well integrated in our respective communities. I know some of my fellow Albanians chose crime but that was promoted by an extreme poverty and lack of opportunities just like a german or birtish person who grew up with the same hand of cards as our nation. Serbia used to have universities 100 years ago, we had no more than 5km of aspahlted roads. They had freedom of interacting with Europe during Yugoslav times and had factories and what not. We had nothing 30 years ago. I hope people understand where we come from and how tough it was. But all aside, we are overwhelmy pro US and EU. We just need help and time to catch up and trust me, EU will benefit a lot from us as well
They'll probably be a better member than Hungary lol
Hungary is a good member, not getting on their knees for every other country, lol
Probably they were bend over and allowed the EU to have their way with them.
@@andrejjovanovic4431no it’s not . If everyone tells you, you are wrong one, probably you are
@@andrejjovanovic4431 Hungary is a very bad member, blocking everything and making everything more difficult for the others, often acting like Trojan horse, yet having no self-respect to leave the block and build its own "prosperity"..
hungary has become a russian colony
Montenegro looked the most likely to join next for a while but it hasn’t closed any chapters for a while now
We literally closed 4 this year and are about to close more.
Russia-Serbia controlled
@@freespiritable???
@@jacjones1204he's not wrong
monte negro will not join soo fast,serbians are now in monte negro and blocking them ! so it goes when you jave četnik serbs in your state ! thats why Kosovo ,Croatia,Bosna push tem out !
Albania could be proven a way better partner then Hungary.
And even Montenegro could be better then Hungary.
I'm all for Albania joining the EU, however I think they really need to clamp down on crime before doing so. Freedom of movement, while it can help a country grow also poses a big risk when allowing in countries that could potentially increase crime rate. That said, I feel that as a prospective member who already shares EU ideals the EU should not hesitate in helping them with such a goal in anyway it can
I think those are things that Albania needs to deal with to become a better place to live and should not be tied to the EU membership.
Crime does not care about Freedom of movement, they have been moving freely for a long time.
Additionally, Albania is a very small country and the few people that have not left yet are elderly folks, I don't see how restricting them would reduce crime.
Probably the opposite is true, EU membership will probably lead to an increase in prosperity, reducing crime.
It is not like anyone wakes up one morning and decides they will become a criminal, most of them are forced into crime due to poverty.
@@earlh good points
EU: let's take 10s of millions that despise our entire civilization, that have fundamentally different beliefs that they won't change but instead bring here and let's put aside our own culture and civilization to welcome them.
Also EU: Ho no an Albanian!😑😑
EU: let's take 10s of millions that despise our entire civilization, that have fundamentally different beliefs that they won't change but instead bring here and let's put aside our own culture and civilization to welcome them.
Also EU: Ho no an Albanian!😑😑
@@atrumluminarium EU: let's take 10s of millions that desp*** our entire civilization, that have very different beliefs that they won't change and let's put aside our own culture and civilization to welcome them.
Also EU: Ho no an Albanian!😑😑
26% of Albanian GDP based on Marijuana!? What nonsense.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 kur qe sali berisha miku i serbis dhe i milloshevicit. Shko tani dhe mbill hashash se ske me e pa me driten e diellit
The video says it's the money laundering of the stuff not the actual stuff.
Why Serbia? Does the EU really wants another a worse version of Hungry.
Still better than Albania
@@stepanotrisal1512 nah
i see you have been manipuleted by albenian propaganda
@@stepanotrisal1512Fascism in the EU?! No thanks ...
yes
2:45 Wouldn't it be candidate status, not membership status?
I think it just was a simple error on their part
These guys do not proof read their work lol no surprise
3:38 in video, candidate status since 2014 for alb and 2005 for MK
Albania is a great asset in order to keep Serbia in check. And it really does work.
soo its ok to be hostile to a country when we do it? ok
what do you mean Keep Serbia in check? We don't want to check them we want to do like Albania and join us in friendship. Macron'' France is doign a great job onboarding Serbia, Selling them Rafales, Having French companies build Belgrade's Metro and modernise Belgrade's airport. Whilst the Serbian people aren't happy their government is certainly keen on the EU's Serbia lithium mining plan
@@AlexC-ou4ju Serbs will never join "in friendship", at least not while we're alive. Westerners dont understand how far gone serbs are. They havent changed at all since Milosevic days.
@@somedesertdude1308 it is ok to keep balance in the area, or do you want the Serbians reinvading Kosovo because of yada yada yada 🙄
@@AlexC-ou4juthe best thing macron has done is to tell India to get its crap together
As an EU citizen, I would be glad of having Albania in the EU. Because we should aim to be more than a common market.
I suppose it's a race between Albania and Montenegro? Both of them joining will probably make Serbia benefit more from joining and more cooperative.
But might also make it harder... At least in Albania's case
The might also join together.
If Serbia and Albania join the EU, the border disputes won't have any sense. How many wars between Germany and France have you seen in the past 50 years?
@@kgw72well serbia and albania don't border each other, they are separated by a country called Kosovo, and thats where the trouble starts
@@euphoriaggaminghdKosovo is ironically the most democratic and the least corrupt nation in the region.
"Ready to marry into the block" sounds like something a crypto bro would say 😂
I dont know if Serbia in the EU is a good thing, considering their antiwestern (NATO, western Europe, USA) stance and its quite warm relation with Russia and newly China.. There would be a member with VERY different views to geopolitics and diplomacy than other EU member states (maybe without Hungary).
Serbia is no opposed to being part of the EU but they hate how others believe they have the right to do whatever they want with their territory, Kosovo and the military bases NATO gained being one of them.
@@thekevguy9966 Well i dont think there is any possibility of Serbia being in the EU and EU allowing Serbia to "retake" or annex or invade Kosovo. Im sure before/after joining EU will force both Kosovo and Serbia to made some agreement or treaty which will be compromise for both of them. Besides even if we believed Kosovo was taken unrightfully, 90%+ of the population is already nonserbian and there is no solution to this. Forcing millions of people to relocate to some different country is literally impossible in the modern world. Besides 26 EU (besides lowkey Hungary) members are pretty sure about their anti-russian and pro-ukrainian stance. So i doubt EU will accept Serbia if they will see that the country is a russian-ally with strong historical ties to Moscow (and recently Beijing). This would just make a perfect Trojan horse of Moscow in the EU. And we already have Hungary, 1 is enough...
Serbia is NEUTRAL like Austria and Switzerland. Not “anti-west” y’all have no clue about our country only stereotypes
@@Crocodebil every time ive met Serbians irl or online, they were very actively negative about the west, nato, hated USA for bombing Yuguslavia and quite forgiving and promoting their historical bond with brotherly Russia. They also wanted to retake Kosovo (idk what they would do with the ppl there, probably murder or make them pack things and walk to Albania) and they were very sure that they werent doing anything bad during Yugoslav wars and aggresive west bombed them because its evil and imperialistic. Iam not even French, German or Dutch, im Central European western slav, but idk if its safe to accept a country where a substantial part of the society (there are many polls) have these views. Also Switzerland is neither in EU neither Nato. But it actively supports Ukraine and strongly sanctions Russia, so its not as neutral as u think. Austria is in the EU, but not Nato and it has weird approach to Russia, because it is governed by some right wing eurosceptic lowkey prorussian party unfortunately...
@@Aggoenix we will probably never join nato and understandably so. But EU is a whole different story. Yes you can find more Russia simps in our country but this is definitely not the average population. If you say Kosovo is Serbia, you HAVE to condemn the Russian attack. Everything else is double standards. Putin is literally using the same arguments that NATO used in 1999 (ethnical tensions therefore we must intervene and invade a sovereign nation). We are in line with Europe in so many ways, but the double standards on the territorial integrity of countries just depending WHICH country is throwing many people off. And I completely understand that. Does that mean I support a sellout to Russia or china? Ofc not we are a European nation and share many traditions and values.
Welcome Albania! Support from Latvia
Thank you and much respect for you bro 🇦🇱❤🇱🇻
@@TruckEu22I Support your Idol Dua Lipa!
I love Baltic people, you have my respect.
showing to the will to align with EU standards, is a good way to progress topwards membership. you have to start somewhere and apparently they are decided to go all the way. Ihope it will really improve situation for teh people there.
When communism fell, the chant was "We want Albania to become like the rest of Europe". The path towards European standards is as heard coded into our DNA, as our values that are already the same as everywhere else in Southern Europe. Joining the EU, as a process alone is what we are happy with, since it would put pressure on us to become better.
They have a cool flag let em in
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I don’t think they should allow Serbia because they love Russia. Albania is fine.
leverage over Serbia in EU funding and cooperation is the only thing keeping it from falling further into Russia's orbit. It's the basic politics of playing both sides against each other to extract maximum concessions, just as Yugoslavia or Egypt or India have been doing since time immemorial
@@serebii666 yes but admitting Hungary was a BIG mistake. They shouldn’t repeat it.
Serbia does not love russia. Yes, theyre more numerous than in other countries, but not 90% or some shit.
@@JimmiAlli Nothing wrong with Hungary. Orban is more conservative and only wants borders closed, stop being brainwashed by the leftist media.
I think they shouldnt allow Albania to joine EU because of all the armed conflicts they started joined with Kosovo Albanians. Also, EU doesnt need so many drug smugglers and human traffickers
As an Albanian citizen, and as someone who has studied, lived and worked in Europe, I can confidently say the following: The positives of Albania joining the EU heavily outweigh the possible challenges and negatives.
Positives:
1. Albania is an extremely pro EU and pro western country. It does not flirt with other super-powers or look around for the highest bidder. It is dead-set on being part of the European family. Our membership in the CoE, OSCE and NATO proves that Albania is a serious and more importantly moderate and peaceful partner when it comes to Europes security and economic interests.
2. Albania is a factor of stability in the Western Balkans region which is still very traumatized and challenged by past conflicts. Albania has pursued an extremely positive approach in its relations with neighbors, including Serbia.
3. The country has taken some of the harshest reforms when it comes to combating corruption and organized crime. It continues to cooperate extremely closely with the EU and the US to move in the right direction.
4. Albania is not a country of religious extremism, and as the last cencus shows we are a very diverse group of believers and non-believers. And yet we have learned how to live together and respect each-other’s differences.
5. The country is transforming at an incredible speed right now, in terms of economy, infrastructure, tourism, digitalisation etc. The latest EU package for the Western Balkans, if successful, will significantly bring our economy closer to the EU.
5. Integration: Albania is more or less the size of Galicia region in Spain (in terms of surface and population). As a very EU friendly population, I think if we join the EU most people will not even notice.
Challenges:
1. Yes, corruption and organized crime need to be fought hard and addressed. But Albania has way more possibility to do this as an EU member than on its own. And the country is proving itself in the fight.
2. EU values: Pretty sure there are no clashes there, as our society discusses and addresses the same issues that any other European polity does.
3. Migrants: Most Albanians are already in the EU, with EU residence and passports. We can already travel to the EU visa free since 2010. Joining the EU will mean more people will be able to come and work legally in the EU. Ironically this will be more beneficial for you than us, as it means talent will travel more freely.
Either way, the EU integration process has been extremely beneficial and transformative for Albania, and I hope the outcome is a full and well-deserved membership (whenever that happens).
You didnt a hit a single negative point of Albania joining the EU
@@kevincikathe main things the EU is concerned about Albania are: organized crime, migration and values (i.e Europe being a non-official “Christian” club). I mentioned all those three and added my view how they can be overcome.
@@AmarildoFecanji 1. organized crime, all the Albanians that wanted to emigrate into EU and deal with organized crime, are already there. Albania not being a part of EU does not stop those Albanians that want to deal with the drug world and narcotics. 2. as to the values, we are a European country, one of the oldest nations in Europe, our values are, have been and will always be European. 3. Albania is mostly agnostic or atheist. Not even 5% practice any religion. This fits very well with Europe and European values, because as it is most countries in Europe do not practice Christianity, and many identify as atheist or spiritual anyway without any religious affiliation (as is the case in Albania).
Great, more muslim immigrants. Just what the west needs
EU membership won't make you progress unless you make your sociaty accept clearly European values and make your politicans respect them. The bad case is Hungary: You can join EU and receive EU funds and common market, but if your society and political values (not just system) is not prepared, only politicians and their gang will benefit from it, the people not... And after joining it is very hard to repaire shortcomings as Hungary's case shows clearly... EU does not need more Troyan horse anymore...!
Where did you find gdp from Marijuana ? Is this account serious at all?
It's fake
I'm really glad to see Albania and Georgia pro EU,
considering Slovakia and Hungary are having a pro Russia moment.
Georgia isn't pro EU. At least not their current government.
@@UlpianHeritor The population is over 80% pro EU. This would be a landslide victory in any state.
Sure, the leadership receives tons of money from the Kremlin, so they passed the foreign agent law which made the largest protest in decades happen.
@@UlpianHeritor The people are more pro-eu than the government
3:22 well if marijuana is helping their economy that much, I'd say the real problem is that a substance with a host of therapeutic benefits and which is less addictive or harmful than alcohol or tobacco is still being demonized and criminalized due to cultural prejudice.
The smell of that shit alone is reason enough to stay illegal. Yuck
@@bletrick3352It isn't. End of
@@bletrick3352 nope.
@@Zapatabone yuck
Am I the only one that sees an uncanny resemblence of Ramiz Alia to Gorbachev? :D
Blame it on the politburo lifestyle! 😂
Yes! Gorbachev was quite small and distinctly rotund!
Gdp from Marijuana? Nice stereotypes
PM Rama is so tall
How tall is he?
If Albania were to join the EU, should they be concerned about lots of their bright young people leaving for job opportunities in France, Germany etc? Due to free movement of people? Brain drain can be incredibly damaging.
It's already happening in Albania. At least we should get some EU funds to compensate. Because of immigration in just 12 years Albania lost nearly 20% of the population
@@Joel86543 You already get a compensation when Albanian diaspora send money to their home family instead of spending it where they live
Those who want to leave will find a way,with EU as e member or not.
@@RAPHAEL-di8hzThey pay taxes and other expenses where they live, or are they tax exempt and live rent free?
@@sirol97 They pay a very little taxes since they are mostly doing minimum wages jobs. Rent wise, every country where wages a high enough to attract workers from abroad have a realy tough real estate market and they don't need strangers to find someone who would pay a rent
I’m open to Albania getting into the EU
Albania belongs in Europe!
Interesting how people see drug trafficking as a problem but drug consumption not. No one forces you to buy drugs or consume it. It’s a choice! I live in the USA and lots of drugs come from China and South America to Mexico and to the USA that our people enjoy taking it. People demonize Mexico but it is a problem caused by USA that Mexico suffers too. Same thing in Albanian. Let’s publish data what the drug consumption is the EU and Albania then we see who really has a problem. Albania is a transit country just like many other counties in Europe. Albanian does not have a drug problem but EU does. Look in a mirror first before you point fingers! Even if Albanian is able to eliminate 100% of drug trafficking the EU members will still get their drugs directly from Mexico and South America.
For all my friends here who talk about Albania being a muslim country. Here's a fun fact. Albanian army led by king George Kastrioti killed in battle more ottomans than the entire balkans combined. Muslim was never an original religion for Albanians. We were pagans, than christians because of Rome and than because our king was left alone and betrayed by Europe as always we fell again into Ottoman rule but even now after 500 years of being ruled by them we still dont forget who we are.
Most of european people who lived under Ottoman empire for centuries remained christian in the end, even Bulagria or Romania which are originaly from turkish tribes from central asia
@@RAPHAEL-di8hzcheck your facts again my friend! Bulgaria currently has 10% muslim population. Greece for example had pretty large muslim population at the start of XX century. They forced people to convert to christianity and also did twice population exchange with Turkey, to exchange muslim population for christians. There were and still are lots of muslims even in Crimea today just because of Ottoman empire.
Just for your knowledge as well, Albania for 40 years was the only atheist country in the world and still in Albania religion is irrelevant and most people don’t care.
I'd like to see montenegro and albania, join in 2030.
Not possible to early
I mean Serbia is pro Russian and anti Western, Turkey is ambiguous and too big anyway, Macedonia has that name problem...
Serbia is pro Serbia. We don't give a F about Rissia and West.
North Macedonia resolved the name issue. Their current government managed to brake the relations with all their neighbors and go with Serbia
Serbia is not pro Russian, not more than DDR for example. People are against the war
Serbia Isnt anti western at all the west Is antiserbian.
@@aurelije serbia has been pro Russia for centuries, it has nothing to do with the current war
I want to welcome our soon to be brothers in the EU. You might have Kebab flowing through your veins, but you are still the same as every other post-soviet country here. We all want you here.
These days it is a beautiful mixture of everything the northern Mediterranean cuisine can offer. Kebab still rules though. Especially with a nice salad and OF COURSE feta cheese. 🤣🤣
@@AmarildoFecanji Give me your cheese and my life is yours
@@kompatybilijny9348 kebab flowing through our veins 😂😂😂😂😂 90% of genetic studies in albania show we are native balkan less than 1% turkish what are you on about
@@THEPRESSTV Islam = Kebab
@@kompatybilijny9348So Serbs and Greeks are muslim for eating kebab? 🤣🤣
As a famous person of Albanian descent said, “shine your light!”
Your comparison with North Korea is deeply wrong
Still North Korea of Europe
@@blackeagle7947North Korea is the communist Albania of asia. We did it first 😂
Adhering Albania and Montenegro in EU would secure a long costal line from Gibraltar to the Eastern Mediterranean, boosting economics, security and tourism for the EU! 🇦🇱🇪🇺🇲🇪
28 is a nice and even number. I like nice and even numbers. And if anyone were to become the 28th EU member, it would most likely be Albania, yeah. Sorry Georgia.
Please Sr EU! Can Scotland join when it frees itself of colonial rule by England?
@@melcadman
Trust me good sir, I would love nothing more than to see the hearty scottish people as fellow europeans once more, but there is quite a few, err, *_logistical issues_* with that idea -- specifically when it involves stuff like the Schengen area; think of it like the current Ireland-Northern Ireland border conundrum, in that it also revolves around stupid british people screwing things for everyone else around them.
Fun Fact: Albania's muslim population declined to 50%. (40% Sunni & 10% Shia Alevi Bektashi).
Christians represent 30-35%. Non-religious 15-20%.
Kosovo's Muslim population declined from 95% in 2000 to 80% in 2020.
Albanians ain’t believing that much
Albanians weren't that religious to begin with
99% non religious in 1985
We are not that religious to begin with.
Stop trying to put a religious label on Ethnic European groups. 90% are completely irreligious no matter what they identify as.
Nice to hear Ben pronounce Hoxha correctly! 👍
Depressing that Albania could join the EU before the UK!
It's not depressing, the UK left.... Albania always wanted to join it would be an insult to them if the UK could join, put itself in the way of every EU decision, leave and then join again before they do.
UK already had its chance and it pooped on it.
UK left and has no plans to join and terms of rejoining make it impossible.
Uk is becoming 3rd world country. Eu should send more boats
@@cobzzy3878if the UK wanted to rejoin the EU tomorrow they would, one phonecall to Washington and the EU puppets would fasten the process for them 😅 some countries are more relevant than others
I dont know where you guys find these numbers to compare Albania's GDP with drugs and so on. Budy let me tell you sth : The drug traficking made only in Amsterdam Netherlands makes Albanians look like amateurs. Enough creating stigma for us, if we were that bad, how come that our population is only 3 million and tourists every year are 10 and they want to come back again and again. Do your job and enough with the legends. That time is over
North Macedonia agreed to resolve the problem with Bulgaria but still hasn’t that needs correction
For the first time in history Bulgarians have upper hand in Macedonia now that they are in EU and Macedonia doesn't have rest of Yugos behind and Stalins ass lickers will use the opportunity to blackmail Macedonia. Greeks have done it also but they were not so harsh, they were just for history that they tend to monopolize. But be sure Macedonians will not forget it and they will be even more distanted from Bulgaria and Bulgarians although it is the closest country to them in sense of language.
1:20 "I have outstalined the Stalin." -The Albanian Dictator.
How could someone be stalionist more then a Stalin himself? 😆
Out stalining stalin is crazy indeed
lol weed being 26% gdp of Albania is wild
Outdated source from 2013, probably due to that southern Albanian village that was producing 10% of its gdp in Marijuana.The village ended up being raided by the counter-terrorist special operation forces and burned the plants.
It's not even close to being true
It also became ridiculously expensive
call me a pessimist but i bet when it comes time to vote them in at least one country will point at the accepting of migrants even though it's on the eu's behalf as a reason to keep them out.
probably hungary honestly.
I don't think so. In my opinion EU enlargament is in the interes of EU sceptics because it further destabilizes the commision. At least in my eyes.
@@smileyface3956 agree, the more the countries the easier it is to find disagreements and paralise the decision-making process
@@smileyface3956yes but this counts on far right politicians to actually be smart. Some are, but some aren't, so I don't see every country assenting. Someone like Geert Wilders, who is very focused on optics, might think his voter base wouldn't approve of the inclusion of albania
@@jeannebouwman1970 Yes that is true however the far right is generaly united in the patriots of Europe. It would need Orbans approval Wilders will just aprove it.
@@diegoyuiop Exactly
I really don't understand why weed is still so illegal in Europe, I imagine that demand would go down to some degree with legalization but it would greatly benefit countries like Albania and Morocco for a "drug" that's not really that detrimental. Crazy how the US is more progressive on drug policy than the EU.
Very interesting
Well, you guys were the EUs 28th member state.
2:28 "which is the highest rate among all the other western Balkan countries" - no, Albania is not a part of the "other western Balkan countries", this is the highest rate among all western Balkan countries.
They didn't want them in the normal route now they want to go to war with Russia they'll let anyone and everyone 😂😂😂
As an Albanian we want to join the EU!
No country should be able to join until the rules have changed: no more unanimity so one country can extort the rest, ability to kick a country out if they turn into an authoritarian state and no longer adhere to the qualification rules....Hungary is a good example for both issues.
That wont work politically. We've been waiting since 2005 🇲🇰. Go tell all candidates to stop negotiatians see how quickly we turn to Russia and China
And make Albania the first country that fully opts out from all migration treaties so the EU can process asylum seekers here and then deport them without any protections.
Ok, but that requires the people to vote for such changes, and France already said no. That’s kind of why they’re doing this through treaty.
Trust me Albania is nowhere near joining the EU. This is just a carrot on a stick situation.
@@markojovanovski3372 so be it, EU needs to solve those problems first or it's doomed to fail in the end. EU cannot become victim to another gangster like Orban
3:29 , Damn, that sounds like they could solve all of their budget problems by legalizing taxing and regulating MJ.
🤦♂️ come to Albania 2 days ill give u some free lessions
Albania is not in EU but we live better than some countries in EU ! i see lots of people from Eu coming by us and they say that to us also
A couple of observations.
No one has joined the EU since the U.K. left in 2020.
Equally no one else has left the EU.
Perhaps the EU is simply not ready for a new member and especially one that will be a net receiver.
I am all for letting Albania in but they need to do far more to handle their issues with crime, especially organized crime,
There are quite a few countries already in the EU with highly organised crime cartels! Try Italy!
8:28 it's "deficit", not "defecit".
thanks grammar police
While Id love to see them join, I believe we should see a deep reform in the EU first. The unanimous vote for kicking members or passing policies is one that hurts the union (looking at you, poland and hungary). I dont think its wise to add potential conflicts until that is resolved.
3:51 Someone should let the Turks know Bulgaria restablished the byzantine empire.
Byzantine-Bulgarian wars: am I joke to you?
As an avid TLDR Follower Id like to see a video about the corrupt Rama regime, how freedom of press has gotten worse under his government, how electoral law has been unilaterally changed to the disadvantage of the opposition and how the justice system has been turned into a weapon to persecute leaders of the opposition. As for regional stability its an argument I don’t fully agree with, as Albania has never participated in any Balkan wars and has never been unstable. Plus Edi Rama has managed to ruin the rather warm relations between Albania and Kosovo, which has led the kosovar government to act more radically against Serbia since its main partner in the region has turned their back. So please TLDR, if you really support freedom of the press and fact checking you should make a video about the dark sides of the Rama regime.
"Edi Rama, ma boy", ishowspeed
I would be happy to welcome Albania into the bloc. Once we’ve ditched that stupid unanimity rule.
Although, if the Albanian delegates were willing to loan their votes to that end, hell yeah, let ‘em in.
Let's see if Albania can pull this off.
It is a disgrace that Serbia is an EU candidate.
As Albania I don't want to join cause EU bans combustion engines but I really don't get why EU doesn't let it in.
That Albanianface
They’re really scraping the barrel now 😂
Beside Serbia, (she is gonna be very soon BRICS member), rest of West Balkan countries (5) r gonna be EU member (in block) in 2030...✍✍✍
Well the EU have been a bit short since the UK stopped being its cashpoint so no doubt Albania with its Billions will be able to plug the gap!
Let em in!
the 28th member was croatia in 2011 lol.
In 2013. But then some country voted to leave in 2016.
Son , swich job. EU is project with dead end .
legalizing Marijuana in EU (like California of New York States did in 2016) is the only way Albania gets in
Or reformating and investing in policy, which is for sure going to happen. They say Albania got that problem, but where does the drug do to? ✨European Union✨
Albania is among the other countries? I wonder if among some other people?
Albania is taking investments exponentially. Look at the euro vs lek exchange rate. Soon Albanians will be richer than most EU citizens. Hehe, probably not but they have gained a lot from it although it's hurting exports when your currency appreciates.
Boy to much dreaming I'm Albanian but we are 6 poorest country in Europe maybe you work for government that's why for your eye is so perfect in fact we have Bancrupt economy
2:45 regrettable mistake, shouldnt have gotten through
3:25 why wouldn't they legalize marijuana then?
26% of GDP is canabis production. Way to go Albania. 😊
😂total is 1million poor country
The craziest part is one village is responsible for most of that. Next to the Greek border, close to Girokastra, one village has a gdp per capita of kuwait and protect their production with guns.
@@RoScFan its not the case any longer. 5 years ago it used to happen.
@@asdfsdfasdf3641 Well, if Albania s GDP continues to be 26% marijuana what exactly changed?
@@RoScFan That figure is absolute nonsense. 26% of Albania's GDP is $6.6B. Do you think Albania can produce that much weed? Lmao not even if they tried.
Ill tell you how, as an Albanian, our Prime Minister likes to act like aprofessional clown and te EU likes a good court jester. Since te EU is missing the court jester, they are seeking to get one.
It's about time the rest of the Balkans join the EU. Preferably by 2030.
Maybe because her fiance sells his girlfriends?
Hopefully all three, Albania, Montenegro and Macedonia get to join soon, though Albania needs to show that they're in it for the long term when it comes to fighting corruption.
It has been disgraceful how Greece and Bulgaria have been humiliating Macedonia and pushed them away.
Fisher Junction
2024 pledge class to the EU
Yeah sure majority Muslim country in EU?! Dont make me laugh😂
Have you ever been to Albania?
Albania in EU by 2030 🇦🇱🇪🇺
25% gdp from marijuana... but like, who cares though? It's just weed, chill.
Montenegro has by far done the most to enter the EU. Per capita, it has the highest GDP of non-EU countries in the Balkans, it has a small number of inhabitants, it is a member of NATO, Montenegro is Luxembourg in the Balkans, the EU should be happy that we want to join the EU, 80 percent support for entry...🇲🇪🇪🇺🇲🇪🇪🇺🇲🇪🇪🇺
I agree!🇲🇪❤️🇪🇺
Mekhi Passage
Caleigh Key
Is one other shame for eu to just open the chapters to look more apealing to its population, they don’t really want to add any new members, just want more slaves to boost their economy
Why there is no new EU countries since 2013?
Why should we? Enlargement has caused the massive anti-establishment backlash that we see today.
Only in the UK, and they thankfully left (they were the voice of stagnation in the eu). While the EU has been pretty efficient since
Because we're fine with the current number
Because they got the important ones, picked Romania and Bulgaria early so they won't fall under Russian influence and with them encircled the rest of the balkans so they're not in close contact with the Rusosphere, the overlords in Brussels will integrate them later since there's no hurry now, and former Russian puppets like Serbia are starting to see which way the wind is blowing and are becoming more euro oriented.
The euro crisis on one hand slowed the impetus to take new members and showed the issues with the single currency that cooled down the interests of new members while from the EU side it stalled until some reforms about the veto powers of countries were solved.