“Kosovo urgently must compensate for EU-related priorities,” Kos mentioned throughout a press convention with caretaker Prime Minister Albin Kurti in Pristina. “Kosovo wants secure establishments and an efficient authorities,” she added.
Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008 and utilized for EU membership in 2022, however main hurdles nonetheless stand in the best way of candidate standing.
5 EU international locations — Spain, Greece, Romania, Slovakia, and Cyprus — nonetheless don’t acknowledge Kosovo, whereas Belgrade additionally refuses to acknowledge its independence, which hinders the normalization of relations between the 2 sides.
Each points stay paramount to Kosovo’s EU path, and its political instability has additionally deterred its progress, as it would maintain snap elections on June 7 after its authorities collapsed after being unable to elect a president.
Some “41 months after we utilized for EU membership, it’s time for Kosova to obtain its candidate standing and open the accession negotiations,” Kurti wrote on social media. “The EU accession course of will additional consolidate Kosova’s democracy, enhance financial development, and enhance the well-being of our residents, which is a shared purpose and a mutual curiosity.”
