Will visa liberalisation be possible in 2018?

As long as visas are removed very quickly, this is not happening yet.

This, since criteria such as Ratification of Demarketing and combating corruption and organised crime, which are considered the most important for visa removal have yet to be met.

As long as it is promised that the demarcation will be sent to the Assembly at the beginning of the year, Kosovo is not well on the second criterion.

So stated Chief State Prosecutor Alexander Lumezi himself, who during the late conference of the Prosecutorial Council, said that in the following year, there has been no satisfactory results in corruption.

“We have no satisfactory results in fighting corruption. Compared to other subjects, how we have done well with corruption materials”, Chief Prosecutor Lumez said during this conference.

On the other hand, however, the country's prime minister has declared that visa liberalisation would take place during 2018, giving it the month of March as the most distant deadline.

However, European connoisseurs say that much work must be done so that we can move freely.

International affairs director Africa Hoti, during a proposal for Indexline, has said that Kosovo has so far not had any Muslims' success, especially in fighting organised crime and corruption.

“Arsyet are bilateral; Locals must understand that visa liberalisation and each phase of EU integration are measured by tangible successes such as fighting corruption, organised crime and others, rather than by completely empty political statements. So far unfortunately we haven't had any evident success, in particular on sensitive topics that Europeans are very interested in as is fighting organised crime and corruption”, Hoti has said.

Whether it moves freely or not to 2018, according to Hoti all of this will depend on political will, adding that they should leave personal resentment and focus on meeting criteria.

“The issue of demarcation is already -- fairly or unjustly -- the precondition for liberalisation. Whether we will move freely in 2018 depends on the political will of the institutional leaders to set aside political divides and divides and to try seriously to fulfill the European agenda, regardless of the pain that this process will cause. Of course, that part of responsibility in the lack of liberalisation also has the EU as a result of the lack of a clear and unifying position against Kosovo”, it has added further.

While European Law connoisseur Avni Mazrek in a statement on Indexline has clarified the visa removal performance for Kosovo citizens.

According to him, everything related to the Kosovo-European Union reports is unpredictable until five recognitions are missing on the part of European Union member states.

It is incorrect to talk about deadlines, because as far as the final decision is concerned, it is not taken in the European Parliament, nor the European Commission, but deals with the Council of the European Union and needs to have the configuration of interior ministers. The way the final decision is made is according to a voting system called the qualified majority. Which means these 55% represent 65% of the EU population, so it is possible to vote pro”, Mazreku said.

While, in terms of fighting corruption and organised crime, according to him, they should not be seen only as criteria for visa liberalisation. Mazrek says their fulfillment would consist of stabilising the state's economic, political and judicial stability.

This way, Kosovo's position would be favoured and Kosovo reports would be different. - The EU.

“even if there were no process between Kosovo and the European Union fighting organised crime and corruption, overhauling inter-state reports are elements that stabilise the state. While there is an inefficient fight against organised crime and corruption, we will therefore have no foreign investment. If in one country these criteria are met, then that country becomes an attractive place for foreign investment, and this leads to the country's development. Therefore, it should not be thought that these criteria should be met for why the European Union requires them, but these criteria must be met for the state's interest. Therefore, I am pro-fulfilling these criteria and Kosovo should work effectively in this direction. Similarly, meeting the criteria favours Kosovo's position. It is not Kosovo's report with the EU as if to fill the criteria or how not to meet”, Mazreku added.

According to him, these are the most optimistic versions of whether the five states that have not recognised Kosovo to use an instrument called <x0->instrust of the blocking minority”. This means that these states can get together and block even if the decision is made for visa liberalisation. These four states do not represent 35 percent of the European Union's people, but there are states that have recognised Kosovo but are not in favour of a positive decision.