EU criticism code: Kosovo's policies are already popular

The incumbent Prime Minister, Albin Kurti, at a two-day conference organised by the European Parliament's Socialists and Democrats Group in Brussels on the Willy Brandt programme for EU Enlargement, has filed several complaints against the European Union.

As Kurti put it before those present, Kosovo politics are more popular than supported compared to the EU's approach to the Serbian state.

” During these four years of my mandate, I've noticed a disturbing pattern. Our efforts to advance democracy, rule of law and fundamental EU values are increasingly known in question, but very rarely rely on actions. In question, our policies are more popular than supported, while our northern neighbour's policies are less popular but more supported”.

On the other hand, Kurti, on the panel organised in Brussels by the Alliance of Socialists' Progress Group, mentioned to them how Serbia is continuing to protect chief terrorist Milan Radojicic.

Our” North neighbour, who is aggressive and provokes tensions, and demands destabilisation, today retains and protects a terrorist, while Kosovo remains under the restrictive measures of the European Union. If we were in the 2000s, such a situation would be unacceptable to any democratic government. And yet, today, it is tolerated, even sometimes rationalised here in Brussels, where breaking up such an act by our northern neighbours, simultaneously in the alliance with Moscow and Brussels, is seen as an act of strategic balance, rather than what is actually -- an insult to EU values and a reflection of the policy of failure to Serbia”.

” This is not just an imbalance; it is a challenge to the credibility and reputation of the European project. If Brussels is still a defender of Europe's fundamental principles, then its support should go to those who protect them, not those who compromise them”./Periscopi/