Germanophone newspapers: Kurti will be a comfortable partner for Europeans

The newspaper “Neue Zürcher Zeitung” in its analysis Wednesday (24.03) with the title “Kosovo's hopeful takes office” writes that almost the same day after the collapse of Albin Kurti's first government, it is re-elected Kosovo prime minister with a significant majority of votes and analyses the challenges of the future government. “In a time that the seemingly incorruptible Kurti is believed to progress in fighting corruption, achieving social objectives due to limited means will be more difficult. One of the biggest challenges of the new government chairman is the reality of his supporters' expectations. Pandemia makes this task harder. Kosovo has not yet received any doses of vaccines. ”

Neue Zürcher Zeitung not only pays attention to Albin Kurti's motto, with which he also carried out the election campaign: “Work and justice”, but also to the conflict with Serbia. Kurti has declared that there will be no normalisation of relations, if Serbia does not recognise Kosovo's independence and the crimes committed. But Serbia under President Vuciq is far from both steps. Vuci recently published in the Instagram a Kosovo map with the colors of the Serbian flag. The EU and the US, which after the change of power in Washington again hold a common policy for Kosovo, require the resumption of talks between Belgrade and Pristina”, the NZZ writes, DWA reports.

Even the newspaper “Süddeutsche Zeitung” comments on Albin Kurti's re-election as prime minister of the Kosovo government. “Double transformation is currently under way in Kosovo. On the one hand, the political domination of KLA veterans, former war fighters for liberation from Serbia in the 1990s ends. [...] Kurt's first mandate lasted only 51 days, then he collapsed with the massive influence of the government then led by Donald Trump. In that sense too, Kurt's re-election marks a turning point: It symbolizes the end of an unlogical phase of American politics in the Balkans. Vice President Joe Bedeni, a connoisseur of the region and its traps, does not expect those interventions as under Trumpin. [... ] For Europeans Kurti will not be a comfortable partner. But he is someone who enjoys great support in Kosovo's new population. ”

The renowned German radio “Deutschlandfunk Kultur” views the election of Albin Kurti as a generation change in Kosovo. Albin Kurti is viewed as the hope of a new generation and promises work and justice. It is now up to him to complete the generation change, which he has been demanding for 20 years. Perhaps Kurti with his clear course has better chances of successfully negotiating with the government of Serbia than the old elites. But he also has to prove, that in the post it is incorruptible and principled, and that it takes Kosovo with self - sacrifice towards the future. The challenge is extraordinary. ”