German analyst tears off Kosovars' visa hopes

In an answer to Gazeta Express, Weber has said it is very unfair for Kosovo to remain isolated when it is known that it has met conditions for a long time.

Kosovo's “Application for visa liberalisation has unfortunately become collateral damage to the conversion of asylum and migration to the EU, in the process deeply cut after the European refugee crisis in 2015 and 2016. This is deeply unjust, because Kosovo has long before met EU conditions that have also been stricter than the conditions for any other Western Balkan country. It could be hoped that the German presidency of the EU would manage to unblock the stalled process, but unfortunately remains deeply skeptical that Berlin would turn out to convince key member states even because Germany's own position has been unfair since last year and by late”, Weber said.

Kosovars' hopes of abolishing the visa regime have grown sharply since with the EU presidency, Germany is leading by the end of this year.

From Berlin, official in succession, have said they support Kosovo's path towards lifting the visa regime.

German top diplomat, Heiko Maas, has said that they are working intensively on such a thing.

One of the member states that is sceptical of the visa liberalisation process for Kosovo is France of President Macro. In addition to France, the Netherlands and other EU member states have hesitation on whether to support abolishing Kosovo visa regime