Lushak: If no demarcation is ratified, Kosovo risks remaining visa-free by 2020

Lushaku has said that in the event of ratification, the European Commission, I will prepare a legal proposal stating that Kosovo has met the conditions, and this proposal will then be submitted to the European Parliament and to the Council of Europe, writes Periscopi.

Lushaku has indicated that the proposal would receive majority votes, even if countries that have not recognised Kosovo would vote against him.

And if it happens that the demarcation is not ratified, Lushaku has said that Kosovo risks leaving Kosovo without visas until 2020, as in the European Union there will be domestic elections and many other developments that would allow Kosovo out of the agenda for a long time, Periscope reports.

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For the last time for the demarcation:

1. What happens in Brussels for the liberalisation process for Kosovo if it passes?

The European Commission prepares a legal proposal in which it finds that Kosovo has fulfilled all criteria and is prosecuted at the same time in the European Parliament and the EU Council.

The proposal is first considered in Parliament by parliamentary commissions and then discussed in the plenary session. The proposal may have up to two readings and then be voted in.

Then the European Parliament sends it to Council of the EU, where it will be discussed in the format of justice and home affairs ministers of all states. There will also be a vote in the Council that most qualified people are required for.

In both institutions, the majority of the eligible majority would be achieved even if the MPs, however, ministers of states have not recognised voting against it.

Visa liberalisation can happen in 2018, unless the demarcation passes tomorrow. The European Parliament has two term for plenary sessions in the months ahead with 12-15 March and April 16, 2018. Meanwhile, the EU Council in the format of justice ministers and home affairs has meetings on March 8th, April 19th and June 4th 2018.

If the final decision on liberalisation is made on June 4th, then liberalisation could be expected to happen at the end of the year.

2. If the demarcation doesn't pass:

The elections for EU institutions will be held in early 2019. All important decisions are intended to be completed by the end of this year. Calculating the time it takes to implement liberalisation (6 months), and adding a minimum time to making that decision (3 months), then the last time our institutions have to make a decision is March 2018.

So, at the beginning of 2019 there will be elections in the EU and as long as they are organised, held, until the institutions are consolidated goes 2019 with no possibility of making any decision for liberalisation. So, we came to 2020 -- no decision. With new institutions, with new politicians in the EU and we need to start over with lobbies.

So,

Exploit the moment when the EU is willing to make a quick decision; take it and vote the demarcation!