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Drowning the future in PPPs and swift-walking into the crisis of tomorrow

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By Alba à‡ela From the pulpit of the Assembly this week, Economy Minister Arben Ahmetaj called the public private partnership contracts, the infamous PPPs, the ultimate good option for the citizens: a way to deliver swiftly public services that cannot be covered by the budget alone. Indeed this government has already acquired the dangerous PPP addiction and spends a lot of time and effort dressing the PR around it. In the next 10-15 years the state budget will have to deal with a cost of around 2 billion euros due to its engagement with PPP contracts about classic public services…

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