27 minutes agoIf no demarcation is ratified this month, Kosovo remains visa-free by 2020
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)European integration experts warn that if Kosovo's Assembly does not approve Demarkation with Montenegro this month, then the country should wait until 2020 for visa liberalisation with the EU, as elections for the European Parliament are held next year. After continuing procrastination of the [...] agreement
After the ongoing foot-dragging of the Demarketing Agreement, European integration experts have warned that Kosovo could lose its deadline for this year in terms of visa liberalisation.
According to them, if this condition (demarketing) does not end this month Kosovo can cost another two and a half years of visa shortages, “Zer” writes away.
And although they claim that Kosovo institutions have been too late in this direction, they have announced that if the demarcation is completed next week there is the possibility that liberalisation will be achieved by the end of the year.
However, this process is not completed immediately after the ratification of the demarcation.
Rather, the other condition must be met - fighting crime and corruption already established by the EU. In this case, experts have indicated that several procedures passing through the European Commission, the European Parliament and the EU Council of Ministers must be passed to the visa removal.
