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Who will pensioners vote for?

Politiko 2025-04-29 19:37:48

Who will pensioners vote for?

By Irena Beqiraj 
The average pension in Albania in 2020 was 14,974 lekë.
The average pension in Albania in 2025 is 19,092 lekë.
The average pension increase is 27.5%.
The increase in food and non-alcoholic beverage prices in March 2025 compared to 2020 is a full 37.4%.
So food prices have increased by 37.4% while pensions are 27.5%.
The secondary income of pensioners is remittances from abroad.
100 euros sent by emigrants were worth 12,376 lekë in 2020. 100 euros sent in 2025 are worth an average of 9,980 lekë, or 25% less.
So from 2020 to 2025 the value of remittances from abroad has decreased by 25% while prices have increased by 37. 4%.
Even though the pensioner has become poorer compared to 2020 (I'm not going to go back to 2013), I don't know why the question still bothers me: Who will pensioners vote for?

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