Austrian newspaper: Internationals are not satisfied with Albin Kurti's victory

The article begins, showing that the candidate for prime minister from this party, Albin Kurti, gained fame as one of the leaders of student protests against Slobodan Milosevic in the late 1990s.

The VV is described as an activist movement that sharply criticised both national politics and the country's international administration.

From Vetevendosje victory, “Der Standard” writes that international actors present in Kosovo will be less satisfied.

Effects on Kosovo Foreign Policy!

In 2011, the French ambassador to Kosovo described a VV action in Mitrovica as “fasist”.

After this party activists blocked entry into Parliament in 2013 to prevent voting on an agreement with Serbia, the US Embassy has long refused to meet the VV representative.

During the action before Parliament, then US Ambassador Tracy Ann Jacobson was physically attacked.

In 2015, the VV dropped tear gas in Parliament to stop a vote to pull the border with Montenegro.

Even if VV positions and tones have become more moderate in recent years, the new Kosovo government will not be an easy partner for the EU and the US, especially when it comes to negotiating an agreement on normalising relations with Serbia that is a key condition for the EU to begin Kosovo's accession negotiations.

The current US Ambassador to Kosovo, Philip Costnett, has recently tried hard to counter any declaration instead of expressing itself in favour of joining Albania in a VV position.

How is the European Union reacting?

It remains to be seen whether the EU will step up its efforts to reach the normalisation agreement between Kosovo and Serbia.

Efforts by the EU to intensify dialogue between the two countries have brought little success in recent years.

In speech after the elections, Kurti said negotiations with Serbia would not be on his list of priorities.

On the contrary, domestic political issues, especially job creation, must be in the first place. /Indesksonline/