Frankfurter Allgemine Zeitung: Kurt is calculating, I know the odds of EU accession are zero.

Referring to Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti's announcement, who at a news conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, that Kosovo will apply to the EU within 2022, the German newspaper writes that Kosovo has extremely little chance of accepting under current circumstances.

After Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova, Kosovo also wants to apply for membership in the European Union. But the desire means nothing to the prospect of this happening”, FAZ wrote.

This changes nothing for starters. You can apply for everything, but what you want means nothing about what your perspectives are. This announcement does not change the fact that out of 27 EU countries (Cyprus, Greece, Spain, Romania, Slovakia) do not recognise Kosovo's independence, which was declared in 2008. The fact that Kurt, however, chose to take this step, which seems unlikely, also has to do with the particular circumstances of past months, and perhaps with the desire to force the EU to take office”, is further said in the article.

His “Calculation: If Brussels and European capitals want to give their preference to a war-torn country or a country in the Caucasus in front of Kosovo, which has a population with a pro-Western majority, then they have to say this openly to”, writes the German newspaper.

Among other things, this newspaper called the German Chancellor's visit a visit that “did not bring anything as far as contentment”.