Maliqi: EU is putting pressure on weaker party, Kosovo

Political development acquaintance Agon Maliqi, editor and co-founder of blog “Sbonker”, says the European Union is putting pressure on Kosovo as the weaker party in dialogue and favouring Serbia.

Maliqi told Radio Free Europe that the EU hints that he does not see the fact that the agreement for the Association of Serb majority municipalities cannot be treated as breakaway from a comprehensive agreement.

He said the EU does not have instruments to impose on reaching such an agreement, but also on implementing the existing thus far-reaching agreements. For more, according to him, EU Chief Diplomat's statement, Josep Borrell, who demanded the formation of association, scatters the fact that the EU is pressuring the weaker party, in this case Kosovo.

“Absolutely, the EU's position at this stage is asymmetric and favourative to Serbia, because in the absence of binding instruments ʹ any kind of binding instrument even towards Serbia ʹ and lack of any kind of integration process, pressure is directed towards the weaker side. The EU's position is assymmetric also for the fact that five states do not recognise Kosovo, and this is reflected in orientation in a range of pressure towards Kosovo, at a time when there is no meaning and no process”, Maliqi points out

He adds that the EU's position has been known. However, according to him, it does not excuse Kosovo, which does not have a strategy to overturn this asymmetry, bringing the US into play. But, Maliqi says it is clear that there is currently no common commitment and agenda of Kosovo and the US to change this situation.