Investment in agriculture/ Berisha: Rama took the subsidy money for farmers

2025-04-20 18:28:00, Politikë CNA

The leader of the Democratic Party, Sali Berisha, held a conversation with farmers in Gjergjan, Elbasan, today, where he also presented the 'DP-Greater Albania' program. In his speech, Berisha emphasized the problems with subsidies.

Berisha accused Prime Minister Rama that the EU subsidy money was not received by the farmers, but by him.

Berisha stated that subsidies are 4 times lower than Kosovo, 5 times lower than Macedonia, 7 or 8 times lower than Serbia and according to him this creates inequality.

Berisha said that the DP aims for the fund to reach 230 million euros in subsidies.

"In addition to this, apart from the subsidies that you have 4 times lower than Kosovo, 5 times lower than Macedonia, 7 or 8 times lower than Serbia, and wait. This is current.

Yes, if you take the investments they have made in the land before, it comes out at least 1 in 10. Kosovo today, and not only Kosovo, but Macedonia, Serbia, have one of the most modern irrigation systems, and they inherited it from Yugoslavia.

Meanwhile, Albania is floating on water, and water for farms is not provided.

So, there is a huge inequality. Meanwhile, Albanians are very hardworking, capable people, the land is first-class, but they can't make it in the market, they can't make it because, they get everything, 57 million euros was the subsidy for this year. Of these, 32 million went to the farmer, the rest went to government employees.

They had 130 million euros from the EU. Edi Rama and his entourage rushed at them, as if they were money without a master, and that every penny of it was for you, the farmers. And when the EU dictated, found it, immediately cut off the funds, and Edi Rama, instead of taking his minister to where she deserved to be, made her a key advisor to the prime minister.

Why did you hire her as your main advisor?

She took it because they shared the abuse. She had done nothing but carry out Edi Rama's abusive orders, whereby the farmers' money was taken by his oligarchs, his clientele, and the farmers received nothing.

We are very determined to transform, to change this situation radically and rapidly.

What have we put in our program?

In our program, we have decided.

One. Let's fivefold the subsidy for you. Let's capture the countries around us. I'm not saying capture France and Germany, but Macedonia, Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro.

Therefore, the fund will go to 230 million euros in subsidies.

We will subsidize, without exception, no other criteria than every head of livestock, every seedling planted, every unit of production.

"We remove every other obstacle, that it should be so many hectares and so many hectares, that it should be so many heads and so many heads, etc. in succession. No, whoever has it, he will receive the subsidy," said Berisha. /CNA