Political and economic instability. These are the two problems faced by the citizens of the Western Balkans, including Albania.

The data released by Barometer of the Balkans includes the analysis of a survey which brings together the voices of over 6,000 citizens and 1,200 businesses in the six countries of the region.

In the latest version, for 2024, the list of problems that concern the citizens of the Western Balkans is inflation and price increases.

If we stop with numbers in Albania, 75 percent of the respondents say that living has become more expensive.

State corruption, although in a percentage not as high as the economic conditions in which Albanian families find themselves, remains a concern.

“The increase in prices and inflation for the countries of the Western Balkans is less affordable than in the countries of the European Union, while the inflation in our countries is more than twice that of the countries of the European Union,” – says Majlinda Bregu, General Secretary of the Regional Cooperation Council.

Put in numbers, less than 50 percent of citizens think that he is a problem.

“The other problem that the young people identified is the issue of corruption, which means that there is an awareness of the young people about the principles of a democratic state,” – analyzes Bregu.

Unemployment and migration, apart from the so-called brain drain, are two issues that respondents list as concerns, issues that are directly related to the lack of trust in political parties today and in the recent past.

Beyond the five concerns that the Balkans notice, from the increase in the cost of living to migration, they mostly remain loyal to the process of membership of the respective countries in the European Union.