10 minutes agoPaying raises indirectly affects Europe's visa liberalisation decision.
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)Emrush Ujkan, a connoisseur of European integrations, has said that even the government's unilateral decision to raise salaries for itself could directly or indirectly affect Europe's decision on visa liberalisation for Kosovo citizens. According to him, this decision affects Kosovo's European agenda because internationals can be seen as [...]
According to him, this decision affects Kosovo's European agenda because internationals can be seen as pressing action, and bearing fruit in fighting corruption.
We should not look at this issue separately. The judiciary in Kosovo is not that it has been at the best level of wages even earlier. Many statistics have shown that our judges and prosecutors have been well paid even before. It's a quick move, and he even said it today. It's a burden, a huge burden for Kosovo. Such an action could affect both the European and indirect agenda and visa liberalisation”, he said in KTV's interactive.
Wolfani has also said statements that liberalisation is safe this year are urgent. He has said the European Commission has yet to give concrete proposals and does not expect the decision to be made before the end of the year.
“can't possibly be touched by the conditions for decision making now. People who know these issues know that making decisions takes up to six months. We've had European missions these weeks in Kosovo, but I don't believe it and we don't know the concrete results. We don't know the concrete proposal. If the Commission is recommending now, EU institutions will not make a decision before October. No need can take time. It can be decided at the beginning of December at the famous EU summit, and if Kosovo has taken all the measures then I see no problem that this is applicable even by January, but I am talking that now this concrete decision-making for visa liberalisation is a little pressing. This optimism has sustained us, but it has been misleading us for a long time”, he added.
According to him, ratification of the demarcation agreement with Montenegro is the key step for the visa liberalisation decision.
The demarcation makes the difference, not that we have other facts that we have made great progress in fighting corruption. The demarcation will be determining. But objectively knowing that we are in charge of the EU I don't see that there can be a decision now”, Ujan has further declared.
