Kosovo rapporteur declared for visa liberalisation

The Eurodeput and rapporteur for visa liberalisation for Kosovo in the European Parliament, Tanja Fajon, has reiterated once again that the country has met all criteria to move freely, adding that there is no further development in this respect, but that it expects many from the Council of Ministers next year.

Fajon has said that despite the fact that Kosovo has fulfilled the criteria, and this has been confirmed by the European Commission, there has been no development in the matter.

There is unfortunately no development in the issue of visa liberalisation for Kosovo. The European Commission confirmed the meeting of the criteria, and the European Parliament has approved its mandate of negotiations, again in September after elections”, it has said.

However, Eurodeput stressed that she expects the same as the European Commission and Parliament to operate the Council of Ministers, and that this process will move on.

“Anyway, we expect the same as the EC and the EP, to do the Council of Ministers. But we expect that there will be developments in this matter”, Fajon told Metro.

Fajon has called on Kosovo institutions to work closely with those of the EU, and to walk in the same line so that progress can be made on the visa removal issue.

We remember that Kosovars are now waiting 10 years to move freely to the Schengen Zone countries, however, successive governments of this decade failed to fully convince EU countries that they have met all criteria.

Despite these failures, the country's leaders repeatedly promised that visas would be removed, for certain periods, but that as it is known did not happen.

It has even been outgoing Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj, who several times during 2019 promised Kosovo citizens that they would move freely, while he did the same about two days ago when he said that in late February, or early March, the process would end. /mtro/