German deputies' reactions to the Kosovo-Serbia agreement: Limits open

These are the days when every word, point or cut must be measured. Only about two weeks ago, Chancellor Angela Merkel was determined that “could not have changes of borders in the Balkans and that they are immune to”, but now ours is heard a little different from Berlin. Or is it just different interpretations?

Chancellor Merkel said (on Tuesday 28.08) after a call with American President Donald Trump that “we support the talks, which lead to goal, but we also say integrity has a special significance”, and added: “We should be careful that the steps taken in one country do not have consequences for the steps in other countries as well. ”

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At the time of numerous speculations about the possibility of border correction, or exchange of territories, it is said that this issue is no longer taboo in Washington either. While Berlin has so far been a taboo theme. Pronouncing for Deutsche Welle, German Bundestag deputies disagree on the issue. This does not lead to a solution, even more irritability, when thoughts about setting new borders“are heard, says Peter Beyer, deputy of the Christian Democrat Party (CDU). „I don't think anything good about it, and I think these theoretical border games pose a risk to destabilization. The borders of two sovereign states -- Serbia and Kosovo -- have been defined. ”

CDU MP Peter Beyer

Beyer tells DW he commits to respecting the Brussels Agreement and continuing negotiations on a mandatory legal agreement for normalising neighbourly reports between these countries. The key is that the functioning of the state of Kosovo is not at risk. ”
Even MP Josip Juratovic, from the Social Democrat Party (SPD), is concerned. If change of borders is allowed, the possibility of “creation of 40 new countries in Europe will surely result in chaos and conflicts” will open. „The exchange of territories means going back to the Middle Ages when the feudals have exchanged territories and displaced peoples as they please. There will always be unhappy, there will always be people who have to move. And let's not talk about the possibility that even in the 21st century we have ethnic cleansing, which is an outdated theory, which has always been associated with wars”, Juratovic tells DW.

Social Democrat MP Josip Juratovic

This former Yugoslav-born politician says it is evident that in the Trump administration, there are people who support the idea of exchanging territories. The EU divide is not unique, except Chancellor Merkel is not clearly positioned. The consequences, as it says, can range from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia to Crime and Pridnjestrom.
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„Such an approach to political solutions meant the final chapter of the democratic political system, which is based on the equality of citizens in the face of strengthening nationalisms in Europe, which are aimed at creating autocratic societies, which certainly lead to new divisions in Europe, and in the end, even in new wars”, Juratovic claims.
In Germany's largest opposition party, the AfD (Alternative for Germany) has not so far taken up much with the Balkans. This party's MP Anton Friesen, who has criticised Western politics in the Balkans, tells DW that the world is waiting more than 20 years for finding a solution to Kosovo's problem, and in that sense should be attributed to the solution Belgrade and Pristina find, regardless of whether such a solution implies changing borders.

Popular Party MP AfD Anton Friesen

The Balkans currently exhibit a powder barrel, and not since yesterday. The incidents cannot be expelled. So even if sustainable solutions are accompanied by short-term tensions, it would be better than continuing with current status quo”, he says.

He thinks the foreign policy of Chancellor Merkel “has always been US-oriented. So I think the federal government will not oppose a political solution that would have Washington's blessing. “

“Balkan is still an active conflict area”

On the other hand, Liberal MP (FDP) Renata Alt, thinks the return to the stage of demands for changing borders proves that “Balkan is still an area of active conflict”. Change of borders “could cause a very dangerous dynamic of violent conflicts with unpredictable consequences. The long-term goal is the peaceful co-existence of various ethnic groups in the Balkans. Until a clear solution is found, we must stick to existing borders. “

E German May is the only party, which has criticised the partitioning of Kosovo from Serbia. Sevim Dagdelen, deputy of May, says uniting several southern territories of Serbia with Kosovo would strengthen the foundations for creating a Greater Albania. Such a scenario not only means that Serbia must give up other territories, but also that Serbia must give up its judicial position that the secession and declaration of Kosovo independence in 2008 have been illegal. “

Left MP Sevim Dagdelen

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Dagdelen, however, thinks that “the continuation of ethnic divisions in the Balkans would strengthen nationalist movements and create new uncertainty“. Regarding the change of American position, it says: „The US established the second largest base in Europe in Bondsteel. Regardless of what “secretive solution” and “flexible” find the parties, this base of 386 hectares cannot be affected. And in the event of a new war, refugees will seek, not help beyond the ocean, but in Germany. It seems that interest here is largely different. “

As for Chancellor Merkel's positions, Dagdelen says Pandor's box in the Balkans has opened former cascellari Kohl and Foreign Minister Genscher, who has admitted “very soon Croatia and Slovenia's anti-legal sessions, and then Bosnia and Herzegovina “. The German „Kancerlar is the last one to be involved in border issues in the Balkans. Chancellor Merkel has personally disputed the borders with recognition of Kosovo's independence, and now warns. This is a morally failed policy, according to principle “committed the thief”, but it's generally an irresponsible policy. ”/dw