Kosovo's closure on the Council of Europe due to association, Weber: Germany has been softer than France in conditioning

Bodo Weber, senior associate of the Council for Democratic Policy in Berlin in an interview for Radio Free Europe, has said that as regards the Kosovo membership block on the Council of Europe due to association, Germany has been softer than France.

“Unlike Paris, Germany has been milder in conditioning for Kosovo's application for the Council of Europe. If Berlin is to continue with this policy of Association ) in the absence of a strategic framework remains to be seen, and it will depend on whether there will be a strategic twist in the policy on dialogue”, he has said.

Weber has said he expects Kosovo-German relations to remain stable.

“expects bilateral relations to remain stable. With the success of the Social Democrats, who opposed joining the Ministry of Development with that of Foreign Affairs during the coalition negotiations, access was automatically limited to lowering funds for development assistance in general including for Western Balkan countries. This is an important signal, especially when we were AID [United States Agency for International Development] has withdrawn, and some EU countries have significantly reduced assistance. ”/Periscopi/