Did Spain erase Kosovo's dream of EU membership?

Spain has caused Kosovo to suffer many dreams of membership in the European Union (BE), since as Madrid was warned last week, it has not allowed the European Commission's strategy for enlargement in the Western Balkans to deal with Kosovo as a state to be joined, as do other countries in the region broadcast dt.net.

Because Spain does not recognise Kosovo, Madrid has forced the EC to expand in its strategy before the European Parliament today to greatly relax its vocabulary towards Kosovo, and the country is not promised the road to EU entry, while Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Macedonia and Bosnia are. Spain is one of five EU states that do not recognise Kosovo's independence. Greece, Cyprus, Slovakia and Romania are the other four states opposed.

Because of this situation, the European Commission today in the enlargement strategy said in other words that Kosovo currently cannot take steps towards EU membership due to its non-recognition of independence by the five states.

Kosovo has an opportunity for sweeping progress through implementation of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement and moving forward on its European path when objective circumstances allow”.

According to EC projections in the document presented today in Strasbourg, Serbia and Montenegro can join the European bloc by 2025. For Albania and Macedonia The EC says it is ready to propose opening membership talks when they meet the conditions. Bosnia, meanwhile, according to the EC, is likely to receive candidate status for EU entry.

However, Commissioner Johannes Hahn, Hahn spoke of television “O2” in the EU enlargement strategy and specifying that 2025 is “realist and attainable, but also ambitious deadlines, writes Periscopi.

When asked what are Serbia's biggest obligations and obstacles on the road to EU membership, the commissioner said:

“One of them is certainly normalisation with Kosovo, and other results in the area of rule of law. Laws in general exist, further harmonisation is necessary, but what really matters is evidence of results and their implementation. ”

The day on which the EU enlargement strategy will be presented, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said 2025 is not the year when Serbia and Montenegro “should” be in the EU, reports “b92”, Periscopi broadcast.

It is a mistake to say with full confidence that we and the European Commission have said Serbia and Montenegro should be in the EU by 2025. This is not an indicator date, so these countries must work hard and follow that” road, Juncker said in Strasbourg before presenting the Enlargement Strategy./Periscopi/