Filipce: The government boasts about 50 million euros, while Montenegro secures 3.2 billion euros in EU grants

LSDM leader Venko Filipce said the so-called “Platform” is being used to divert public attention from what he described as the “government’s total debacle,” adding that instead of discussing the executive’s failures, attention is once again being turned toward LSDM.

In an appearance on “Sitel,” Filipce said: “What is being achieved? A complete defocus. Instead of discussing this government debacle, the isolation from Europe, the pro-Russian influences in our country, the pro-Russian positions of Hristijan Mickoski’s government, personally, the budget debacle, the lack of money for pensions, salaries, social transfers, agriculture and so on, the ultra-expensive loans, including the Hungarian one, we are once again debating ourselves.”

According to him, the budget rebalancing is clear proof of the economic failure of Mickoski’s government.

Filipce stressed: “A major increase in the deficit, no money is foreseen for an adequate increase in pensions, pensioners have been betrayed, nor for a wage increase. There is not enough money for agricultural subsidies. There is not enough money to increase social transfers. Everything is status quo.”

He also assessed that Macedonia is falling behind, while countries in the region are moving forward and making use of billions of euros from European funds, thus losing money, reforms and time.

“Real development comes from non-repayable European Union funds. And that is how all countries have changed and developed. Greece, Bulgaria, Croatia have used billions of euros from Europe,” Filipce said.

In the end, he stressed that the government is boasting about 50 million euros, while Montenegro is securing 3.2 billion euros in grants.