FAZ reporter: Germany could membership Kosovo in KiE, but s '%e did

Martens has spoken of Germany's central role, however, according to the FAZ journalist, the power of politics relates only to the past, but also to the future. Here it has mentioned all that has happened in the case of Kosovo and the failure to apply for membership to the Council of Europe.

In a long writing on his account at “X”, where he has divided some of the main points of his authorial writing, Martens has said that a few days before the Srebrenica Resolution vote, Germany has been able to use its diplomatic power to make Kosovo votes for membership in the Council of Europe.

“This would have been very important for the region, as Kosovo's membership in the KiE would have been a strong signal to all who consider violence to be a solution: Co will not be accepted”He wrote Martins.

He says that in addition to sending such a signal that violence is not a solution, it would enable Kosovo's citizens, including the Serb minority to sue governments for violating human rights at the European Court for Human Rights.

In addition, it would have provided all Kosovo citizens, including the Serb minority, the right to sue their government for human rights violations at the European Court of Human Rights. It would have monitored the actions of every Kosovo government”, says FAZ reporter.

However, he says Germany did not do so, and adds that within German politics there has been divisions about how to proceed with the Kosovo issue. The Greens, including the German top diplomat, Martens says they have supported Kosovo membership, however, adds that the Federal Government led by the SPD has been opposed. Journalist Martens has also cited reactions by some German politicians against such a stand by the Federal government.

Martens says, however, that all this has not benefited. According to him, Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic has reason to thank Chancellor Scholz's foreign policy adviser Jens Ploter.

Martens says that “Plotner has his ideas of how the” crisis is resolved. The FAZ journalist has cited the Franco-German initiative to solve the problem between Kosovo and Serbia.

“in September 2022 and again in 2023, Plötner and French counterpart Emmanuel Bonne travelled to Belgrade and Pristina with their project on how to overcome the Pristina-Belgrade conflict, based on the 1972<x1-German basic treatywrites Martens.

However, according to the FAZ journalist, the project of two German and French advisers failed.

“But as could already be predicted at the time, their project failed because as mediator Plötner and Bonne came to the Balkans empty-handed. Their promise of a “European perspective” for Kosovo and Serbia constitutes nothing. It was (and it's) hot air”, adds further FAZ journalist.

Michael Martens in his writing said that time later, it was a real opportunity to produce more than <x0 hoter”, with Kosovo's introduction to the Council of Europe. However, it says Germany and France were alone in their stance to condition Kosovo's membership in the KiE. It also mentions the reaction of former Trump's sister Richard Green, who praised the letter of the three prime ministers sent to Kurt.

“Several months later, a real opportunity for regional progress could have produced more than just hot air: Kosovo's entry into the Council of Europe. It would have been important for the stability of the region. Unfortunately... (Some details about the debate here). To be fair, Germany and France were not alone in their stance to deny Kosovo citizens access to the European Court for Human Rights. Richard Green, former Donald Trump's envoy to the Balkans, thought they were doing a great job. A compliment deserved”She wrote, among other things, Martens.