11 minutes agoViolet von Croamon: We advised Kosovo not to apply in KiE without securing votes
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)The rapporteur for Kosovo and European Parliament MP, Violet von Cremon, has said the Kosovo government had been advised by European partners not to submit the app to membership in the Council of Europe without securing most of the votes, hinting at these advice have been ignored. “Although many people support Kosovo's application in [...]
“If many people support Kosovo's application to the Council of Europe, all of them advised the Government to wait to hand over the app to ensure that there is a majority (of votes) in the Council before the application. Pack-a-much said all the international partners”, she wrote.
As I have seen, she is much more relevant in all things covering Georgia then Kosovo. The only time she has milk to say about ? is when to critice. Even about the appl. to the CoE she had to lie saying ? This with anyone and it came out of the blue.
(@Granit Bytyqi) June 16, 2022
Kosovo has applied for membership in the Council of Europe 12 May. Application at Council of Europe headquarters in Strasbourg has made Kosovo Minister of Foreign Affairs and Diaspore Donika Grovalla.
Just eight days after, on May 20th, the Committee of Ministers was held in Turin, Italy, where Kosovo's application for membership was not considered. Now, Kosovo must expect the application for membership in the Council of Europe to be considered at May of next year. The 133th session of the Committee of Ministers will be held in Iceland's capital, Reykjavik, in May 2023.
The Council of Europe is an international human rights organisation, democracy and rule of law in Europe, headquartered in Strasbourg, France. The Council advocates freedom of expression and media, equality and minorities in member states.
Von Croamon has written on Twitter today concerning the shift of the festival “Sunny Hill” from Pristina to Tirana for this year's edition, criticising Kosovo government that, according to it, has had to make greater efforts to keep it in the country.
In response, she has received criticism and praise from some commentators. One of them asks the Eurodeputen if he is taking sides against the government by a business company and if he considers Kosovo as a sovereign country. While other commentators appreciate its role in relation to Kosovo, praising its contribution to Kosovo's path towards the EU.
Responding to the comments in this response, she, amid argument during the debate, has mentioned the advice European partners gave Kosovo for her intention to become part of the Council of Europe.
