7 minutes agoSpain still opposes Kosovo's EU membership candidacy
Periskopi(3 years ago)
(3 years ago)” Spain does not recognise Kosovo, so it will vote against any procedural decision and grant Kosovo candidate status”, Spain's representative for the European Union said, during its presentation before the Joint Commission for the EU, held in the Senate. He has explained that since Kosovo has officially surrendered [...]
He has explained that after Kosovo has officially submitted its application for membership to the current presidency, in this case the Czech Republic should be made a “procedure decision, which is supposed to have been approved by Sweden since January as the new Presidency.
The normal thing, he went on, is to ask for the European Commission's opinion and then debate on the issue at the Council of General Affairs and eventually place European leaders in the European Council.
“The government will not support candidacy under current circumstances and this stance has not changed”, Spain's State Secretary for the European Union stressed.
Spain is one of five EU countries, along with Greece, Cyprus, Romania and Slovakia, which still does not recognise Kosovo's independence.
Navarro has stressed that the Government of Spain “has a constructive stance against the Western Balkans, supports dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade and EU mediation, and ultimately supports visa liberalisation with Kosovo, which, although naming that “is not a state, is a territory with which the EU has relations”.
