13 minutes agoKosovo government does not want to join the EU and NATO, they know the rules, but they violate them, says Von Crammon
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(2 years ago)Kosovo government lacks the political will for progress in the country's European integrations. The cabinet has applied for membership in the Council of Europe and the EU, but the steps needed for progress on these apps have not been made, the Bulgarian medium told BTA European Parliament rapporteur (PE) for Kosovo Violet von Cremon. According to her, in [...]
According to her, in Kosovo they say they want to become members of NATO, the EU and the Council of Europe, but if someone knows the club's rules, he should play those rules instead of violating them.
She went on to say that the Kosovo government is currently not facilitating the lives of citizens at all, but is sending very mixed signals.
“International partners are tired of Pristina's inaction, and that led to the introduction of punitive measures by the EU last year”, she said.
The EP rapporteur told the Bulgarian media that to join the EU, Kosovo should be recognised as an independent state by member states, five of which do not recognise Kosovo's independence.
The “all agree that there is a need for successful conclusion of dialogue for normalising Belgrade-Pristina relations”, she stressed.
It has also commented on the Central Bank decision of the Republic of Kosovo that cash transactions should be in euros as of February 1st.
Kosovo as a sovereign state has the right to decide which currency it will use, but the way it tried to implement that decision is problematic”, commented Violet von Cranmon-Taubadel.
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All in the EU and Washington are asking why they are doing this, but, after all, they target regular people from the Serb minority”, it continued.
When Kosovo declared independence, it was clear that it was a multiethnic state and society and mechanisms are needed to protect that multiethnic society. However, the ruling party and its supporters now do not care about this”.
According to the EP rapporteur, Kosovo is fully possible to join the EU, but it hopes to see a government working in the interest of people in the country achieve that goal.
The current reality is different and quite disappointing”, she added.
Von Croamon said that none of the EU mechanisms for dealing with such crises have been quite effective so far, and setting restrictive measures that directly affect the country's citizens would be unfair.
