Crusoe: Borrell has not been taken enough with Kosovo

The rapporteur for Kosovo in the European Parliament, Violet von Cremon, has berated EU High Representative for Foreign Policy Josep Borrell and emissar in the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue Miroslav Lajcak that they have not been stricter in their demand that the Ohrid Agreement be signed formally for implementation of the Franco-German proposal, which would avoid confusion over what has been accepted and what has not been accepted.

Cremon said that “was wrong to let [Vukiqi and Kurti] go without signing anything, and now it's easy for Pristina to blame the EU and Belgrade why it's not moving forward”, reports Serbian media.

Now the sides are very selective. I can sign what's good for me, and the other says: I'll sign everything, but I'd like to see Serbia first, or Belgrade, do this. But if each one left on his own and his responsibility, we could move forward much faster. It's in the interest of the people, in the interest of the region and in the interest of the stability of the European continent”, said Von Croamon, broadcast Telegrafi.

In the year when elections are held for the European Parliament as well, the rapporteur of that international body for Kosovo praised that European diplomacy chief Josep Borrell has not been dealt with enough with the Kosovo issue.

The [EU's] High Representative is not sufficiently familiar with events in the Western Balkans. I think it's only come to Kosovo once and once in Belgrade. If you really want to deal with this region, you have to put forth more effort and be much more often present here”, you appreciate Cromon.

She said the EU's envoy for dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, Miroslav Lajcak, has done much and that it cannot be blamed that it is not active enough, but if you have a high-ranking representative who has no great interest in the region, then sometimes things that undermine the credibility of the European Union happen.

He (Borell) comes from Spain, many people say he is one-sided. I don't know, I haven't seen that he wasn't right for Kosovo, but there are a lot of things that show that he didn't prove that he had enough interest in the” region, Cromon says.

According to her, the EU should be more rigorous, more precise towards all in the Western Balkans respectively, regarding conditions for domestic system reforms.

The European Union must show more rigorousity about the conditions before it gives money and is much tougher for it, but not just towards one country, but to all governments and executive representatives in the region equal to”, said Violet von Cromon.