Girl from Drenica admonishing European Strong State Minister

Albanians are successful in the countries they live in, until they are already quite well integrated there, taking political positions.

One of them is Blerta Hoti, who is making a political career in Sweden, records albinfo.ch.

In an interview for <x0.tv”, it speaks of a career in Sweden, migration, Albanian diaspora and their rights.

“I am currently political adviser to the Ministry of Defence (Social Democrat) in the Swedish Government since the beginning of April this year. I used to live in Brussels and have been political adviser to the European Parliament for the Eurodeputs of the Swedish Social Democrat Party. I come from an Albanian family, I am born in Polaca of the Skenderaj municipality, Kosovo. When I was only 6 years old in 1992, I settled in Sweden with my family.

I graduated from global studies and international relations at the University of Gotham, Sweden, in the city and where I grew up. In my studies, I was also a member of the School of Global Studies board of Schools, where I represented student interests. At the same time, the activist movement that women I volunteered for in women's rights organisation, Terrafem”, has expressed Blerta, continuing:

I lived in Pristina in 2011 where I took an interview at the Swedish Embassy, especially AIDS. After returning to Sweden, I was activated in the same year in Sweden's Social Democrat Party, which is the largest party in Sweden, currently in the government along with the Swedish Green Party. In 2012, I am employed as the Ombudsman (rights witness) for the Social Democrat Party and the youth organisation of that party. During this time, I decided to volunteer by publishing articles about international and European politics. In 2014, with a dedicated team, I become one of the founders of the Social Democrat Club for Security Policy (SSÄK), in which I am also elected as chairman. Members of the organisation also became former ministers, Sweden's Social Democrat of foreign affairs, as well as new Social Democrat”, she has stressed further.

She has also talked further about the integration of Albanians to countries where they live. In view of building a democratic state with a functional social well-being, I've recently realized that these possibilities that the Swedish state has offered me have to do with a good governance of the social democrat system and past reforms in this development. But I think these rights should be taken as guaranteed and that the new generations must fight not to lose them but to develop them more. Political turnout through the polls is the minimum in this respect, mostly should be referred to as citizens of the country where they live (deities and benefits), regardless of whose ethnic situation they belong to. This is not just duty, but a democratic right that millions of people still do not have and is the minimum they can do to grant legitimacy to that political and representative force for the development of society in which they live and act. Our bond and concern as Balkans for family members (the depth and sensitivity we have for our tribe, brother, sister, mother, and father), stood straight, and in Nordic countries”, Hoti noted.

She has also talked about the integration of the Balkans into the European family. The countries of the Western Balkans first need to make the reforms necessary to achieve a sustainable economic, social and ecological development in their countries. For me this vision and long-term work for all Balkan states, regardless of the origin, implies first; a rule of law and good governance. Second; a system that respects workers' rights and equal gender rights. Thirdly; a progressive tax system that is invested in the public sector, such as health and education. Fourth; stop air pollution and invest in the private sector that assumes environmental responsibility.

These reforms must be primary, then EU inclusion comes naturally.

But how the Nordic countries view visa liberalisation for Kosovo in the near future.

“Suedia may simply fear not to bring about a liberalisation of Kosovo with many applications for asylum unmotivated by Kosovo citizens, because it has experienced this problem following visa liberalisation from Georgia and Serbia. But the official position on this proposal has not yet been established, which is being negotiated within EU institutions. If you ask me about personal, not official thinking, of course I think Kosovo should also give visa liberalisation, which in the short term may have problems, but in the long term it will only reinforce economic, social and cultural ties with EU states that will have better development within Kosovo”, she stressed.

Like many other immigrants, she too cannot forget her homeland. I think I'm very close to the Albanian community wherever I've lived, whether in Sweden, Brussels or Kosovo. The main challenges I believe have no ethnic basis, but economic basis, for example, a majority of diaspora Albanians are workers rather than employers, and I believe rights should be improved and not cut down starting with salaries, working conditions, etc. Better standards and conditions should be offered for the worker compared to the growth of economic power in companies. This conflict is more important no matter whether they live in Sweden or Kosovo. And as for the advice, I would isolate that the organisation of economic and social rights is necessary for each marginalised group in the society”, Blerta Hoti concluded.