Seting Punishment Measures on Kosovo Harms for Producers, Businesses

The moment these measures entered into force, we have followed with KFOR three contracts that are meant to be done. The moment these measures were put into effect, the Italian KFOR has frozen all of our works, because of those measures that happened, but fortunately after a time maybe 30 days, they went on again and we have re-entered our jobs, but to us what has prevented us from planning our work has prevented us from having three projects, and then this has lasted 30 days until we've got the second confirmation to start with our own concerns”, said Gee Muva, businessman.

The Kosovo Producers Club says the impact of these measures has already begun to be observed. Berat Mustafa from this club says the measures will directly affect the local and international market competition of producers.

” only started to notice the first signs of business, lack of euro circulation on our market. I had an appeal and I had asked the government to produce a solution as soon as it didn't continue because the consequences will certainly be observed later and we will have penalisations and we won't be competitive as producers of the domestic and international markets as well as the large import we have from the region. Of course that value is not a small value, but words are being made for 150m euros to 200m euros in EU assistance, of course that is not a small value for local producers”, said Berat Mustafa, the Kosovo Producer Club.

The measures imposed by the EU were also deemed unfair by Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani. But field connoisseurs say that in addition to economic stagnation, the measures will also bring political consequences to the country. Former Regional Development Minister Magbule Shkodra thinks the EU would have to be more correct towards Kosovo.

I think that the EU is not being correctly, in relation to Kosovo it is using the stick, while in relation to Serbia it is using the carrot. I understand that some of our prime minister's actions not to co-ordinate with the Allied states and the EU have influenced them to build a distrust of Kurti government, and these are the consequences that we are seeing now. But don't forget that edr Serbia continues to be counterproductive. So far, we have not seen a guarantee from Vuciqi that it will first complete the political impact on the northern part, which would pave the way for the development of political processes for elections and for all others, meaning this nonproposality bothers me and I think it is not fair”, Magbule Shkodra, former deputy minister of Regional Development, said.

The European Union has imposed punitive measures against Kosovo, due to its failure to meet international factor requirements for lowering tensions in northern Kosovo in May and June. Meanwhile, with the aim of reducing the situation, Kosovo and the European Union have reached agreement on July 10th in Bratislava on taking some steps that would affect the de-excedentation of the situation in the north. /21Media