Blick's put Thaci on the list of the world's nine most powerful leaders

Among those leaders, who are expected to leave their mark in 2019, the largest newspaper in Switzerland has included Kosovo President Hashim Thaci.

According to “Blic”, the determining leaders for the world not to emerge from control are US President Donald Trump, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Kosovo President Hashim Thaci, President of France Emmanuel Macron, the next president of the US Congress, Nancy Pelos, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, Saudi Arabia's King Mohammed bin Salman, Britain's Prime Minister Herresa May, and Romania's President Viorica Danacci.

Analyzing the challenges of 2019 awaiting Kosovo President Hashim Thaci, “Blic” writes that in December Thaci announced the founding of the Kosovo Army, until Serbia, which has never accepted Kosovo, was furious.

According to the paper, the year 2019 will be Thaci's duty to continue to protect his country's independence and contribute to the stability of the region, following the establishment of the military, without further promoting the conflict.

“Blic“has explained what the challenges are expected to have these nine key world politicians.

Donald Trump

A year ago, US President Donald Trump still thought the Russian “apher” was soon over. But special investigator Robert Mueller seems to have made his life difficult. The former Trump airport, Michael Cohen, has remained three years behind bars in terms of illegal campaign financing and tax fraud. Former security adviser Michael Flynn is still awaiting his trial. Since January, the Democrats will also have majority in the House of Representatives, putting pressure on the American president with the investigative commissions. At the same time, success stories are still pending. The government has been closed since Christmas: 800,000 employees are affected by the US budget dispute. In addition, the stock market has dropped. This underscores Trump's two-year anniversary in January and is not a good start for presidential elections in 2020.

Nancy Pelosi

On January 20th, Nancy Pelosi becomes the most powerful woman in America, since the newly elected US Congress will meet for the first time and the Democrat is expected to be head of the House of Representatives. This is the third highest political office in the United States, after the US president and his deputy head. Pelosi already held it from 2007 to 2011 as the first woman in the country's history. Since the mid-term elections in November, Democrats are preparing to take the majority into the House of Representatives. Among other things, they want to establish an investigative commission on the Russian issue and examine Trump's tax records. It also wants to improve co-operation between Democrats and Republicans: “We all have a lot of divisions”.

Angela Merkel

The German Chancellor is no longer the leader of the party for the first time during its mandate. In the future, Angela Merkel must be closely co-ordinated with her successor, Annegret Kramp-Carrenbauer. And the question is still whether Angela Merkel will complete her chosen mandate by 2021 or hand over the post to Kramp-Karrenbau, known as the AKK. Rumor is that this case could be in autumn! But prior to that, European elections are expected in May. Until then, the Chancellor must hold a stable vision of Europe and present a strategy that will convince voters in the ballot box. After all, 2019 will be a fatal year for the EU, when for the first time a country leaves the European Union. In addition, Poland, Romania and Hungary are threatening the peace project through nationalist and anti-democratic initiatives.

Hashim Thaci

Kosovo President Hashim Thaci, as prime minister in 2012, shook hands with then Serbian counterpart. This year, the relationship between the two countries has deteriorated again. A possible solution to the stalled conflict in Kosovo was the exchange of a northern district in Kosovo for a Serb territory inhabited mainly by Albanians. In December, Thaci announced the founding of his army. Serbia, which has never recognised Kosovo's secession, was furious. At the UN Security Council, which met hastily, it also came to words. It will be Thaci's duty for 2019 to continue to protect his country's independence and contribute to the stability of the region, following the establishment of the military, without further promoting the conflict.

Emmanuel Macro

Emmanuel Macro is not going well. Three missing ministers since the summer, while since mid-November, have faced the yellow “Jeles, who have protested the environmental tax and generally against it. For France's reformist president, peaceful protests became rioting and violent. Up to 136,000 people took to the streets. Protesters destroyed buildings and monuments and the triumphal arch cost millions. Macron withdrew again, raising the minimum wage of $100 per month. But he risks France's budget. In the new year, he should see to resolve internal tensions and not breach EU debt limits and, together with European partners, deal with EU reforms. Among other things, Macron assists a European army and a joint Eurozone budget.

Vladimir Putin

The Russian president is facing an important local challenge: he urgently needs to get his country back on track economically. So far, he tried using well-known methods, such as manipulation with social media, to destabilise the West and break up problems at home. The Russian population has praised Vladimir Putin in the worst and worst polls. With the age of retirement and VAT increased, the Russian president is now trying to take a fresh breath in the economy. Foreign policy remains explosive: The end of the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty with the United States will not be seen in Moscow as a triumph, new tensions with Ukraine can quickly creep out.

Mohammed bin Salman

The prince of Saudi Arabia was the beacon of hope for the Arab world: in the end women were allowed to sit behind the wheel in Saudi Arabia, at last the first cinema was able to open its doors. With the journalist killed, Jamal Khashoggi, hope gave way to the great horror. Human rights violations and cruel war in Yemen show that the state of oil is far from modernizing. The UK, as the king is called, has almost lost credibility. It's his last chance: not only to approach Western values but also to create transparency in the political system. Only in this way can he regain the lost trust of foreigners, investors and their people.

Viorica Dancila

On January 1st, Romania will take over the EU presidency. Observers suspect that Prime Minister Viorica Dancila's government is capable of doing so. Finland was about to enter. Dancila continued a rhetorical confrontation with Brussels: it was a pro-European “, but I demand that this state be respected”. The EU accuses him of not doing enough to prevent corruption. The government coalition led by the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the successor party of the former communists, tried with laws and regulations to make the judiciary independent in the heel, in order to undermine the fight against corruption. Before Christmas, thousands of Romanians took to the streets against the Dancila government. If she wants to assume EU responsibility, she must keep right at home.

Theresa May

A difficult year will be for British Prime Minister Theresa May, who has a strange cabinet. One is nationalist, the other very soft and friendly towards the EU. It eagerly attracts its line and tries to carry out the popular will of 2016 with lesser possible harm. She can't do anything else in the divided kingdom. In its 2019 agenda, it has set two thick lines: the week of January 14th, in which it must convince Britain to stay in the EU, or March 29th, in which the United Kingdom and Gibraltar leave the European Union. Either way, May days count. She announced her pension in 2022. It will be difficult to hold on until then, especially if its faction refuses to follow it on January 14th. Will there be new elections or a new referendum?