June 25 elections: Three largest parties try to lure voters with pledges of lower taxes, new jobs

TIRANA, June 2 – With the electoral campaign already underway after the overcome of a 3-month political deadlock, all three major parties, including the Socialist Party and the Socialist Movement for Integration which led the country for the past four years are offering lower taxes for the upcoming June 25 general elections. The move of the two left parties has been apparently triggered by a sharp cut in taxes that the main opposition center right Democratic Party is offering. Unlike previous elections, no pre-electoral coalitions have been formed ahead of the elections, and all major three parties, the ruling Socialist…