The EU makes clear to Serbia: Sʹmunication without normalisation with Kosovo

However, the European Union has not clearly indicated whether formal recognition of Kosovo by Serbia will be a condition for Serbia to join the European Union.

EU spokesman Peter Stano said again that the bloc's “position on this issue remains unchanged”.

The EU's stance on this has not changed and remains the same, as said in the past and as mentioned in membership criteria. The Ohrid Agreement currently makes this very clear, if there is no progress in normalisation, there will be no progress in membership negotiations”Stano said.

The European Union has already officially changed chapter 35, where, in the framework of Serbia's EU membership negotiations, normalisation of reports with Kosovo is included as a condition.

These official statements, the EU makes them after US Ambassador to Serbia Christopher Hill, at the NIN weekly from Belgrade, said Kosovo's <x0form recognition will not be a condition for Serbia's entry into the EU”.

But concerning Christofer Hill's statements, German Ambassador to Kosovo Jorn Rohde, citing German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, wrote that “is unimaginable to EU membership without mutual recognition”.

Chancellor Scholz had made this statement during his visit to Kosovo in June 2022.

Remember this key Read German Chancellor Scholz's clear statement during his visit to Kosovo and Serbia in June 2022 to normalisation, including mutual recognition. That still stays. The road is right there. Full implementation of the Brussels and Ohrid Agreement by both sides as early as”, wrote Rohde on platform X.

“A political agreement between the two countries is an important condition for investments and jobs, and with that also for the prospect of young people in Kosovo. Clearly, the deal in the end should also resolve the issue of Kosovo's recognition, because it is unimaginable that two countries which do not recognise each other become members of the EU”, had declared Olaf Scholz in 2022.

But when it comes to implementing the agreements, the European Union, for the first time, rebuked Serbia for violating the Brussels agreement, lobbiing against Kosovo's membership in the Council of Europe, though the agreement prohibits it.

The agreement on the road to normalisation is valid and fully binding for both: Kosovo and Serbia. That includes Article 4. Serbia's debut against Kosovo is a clear violation of this” agreement, Stano said.