TIRANA, January 27 /ATA/ Democratic Party Deputy Chairwoman Jorida Tabaku stated that whenever there is an issue for integration she personally and the Democratic Party will vote for it.
Speaking in the Assembly on ratification of the financing agreement between Albania and the European Union Commission, regarding the Annual Action Plan for Albania for 2020 within the instrument of pre-accession assistance (IPA II), Tabaku emphasized the efforts to push the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs to line up for their core task of the European integration process.
“I have a socialist colleague witness on how we encountered total resistance from the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs. For the first time in this Parliament, since it convened in September, we cannot make a debate motion on integration because the ministry has not presented to us any working plan for the progress report. I say, whenever there is an issue for integration, I will vote for it and the Democratic Party will vote for it,” she said.
Tabaku said that the IPA agreement consists of a considerable amount of 100 million Euros and it is approved every year, regardless of whether it goes well or badly, regardless of what the government does, regardless of how this package approved in the 7-year framework is implemented. It is a package that the EU gives to the government, as it gives to other governments throughout the Western Balkans.
“Thanks God we have partners, we have friends because as it is already seen, there is support for the pandemic, there are funds for reconstruction. There were more EU funds for the reconstruction and thanks God they managed them by themselves, because if the government had managed them, it is known where the money would go”, said Tabaku./a.a/r.e/p.s./
