Analyst: Priština enraged EU officials
The muscular attempt to seize control of checkpoints may have gone down well with the public but it has angered EU officials, says The Economist's Tim Judah.
Sunday, 07.08.2011.
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The muscular attempt to seize control of checkpoints may have gone down well with the public but it has angered EU officials, says The Economist's Tim Judah. He points out that the EU officials “fear their recent dialogue triumph will turn to dust.“ Analyst: Pristina enraged EU officials On the other hand, Kosovo Albanians, with the EU showing no sign of allowing Kosovo entry into the visa-free Schengen zone - a key policy goal—say why should they care? “On July 2 a breakthrough was made on so-called technical matters: car number plates and so on. The Kosovars expected a second deal on customs to follow quickly afterwards. But Serbia postponed those talks. Hashim Thaci, the Kosovo prime minister, came under pressure from nationalists and others at home who argued that he was selling out to Serbia,“ Judah wrote. “KFOR will now allow cars and small trucks to cross the border at the two contentious frontier posts,“ he added. “Anything else, including large commercial vehicles, will have to enter elsewhere, ie, at border crossings operated by Kosovo’s customs service (although there is still some confusion about this),“ Judah pointed out. “Hence the partial victory for Kosovo. It now remains to be seen if a deal can be worked out over the overall issue of customs stamps,“ he concluded in the article for The Economist. Tim Judah
Analyst: Priština enraged EU officials
On the other hand, Kosovo Albanians, with the EU showing no sign of allowing Kosovo entry into the visa-free Schengen zone - a key policy goal—say why should they care?“On July 2 a breakthrough was made on so-called technical matters: car number plates and so on. The Kosovars expected a second deal on customs to follow quickly afterwards. But Serbia postponed those talks. Hashim Thaci, the Kosovo prime minister, came under pressure from nationalists and others at home who argued that he was selling out to Serbia,“ Judah wrote.
“KFOR will now allow cars and small trucks to cross the border at the two contentious frontier posts,“ he added.
“Anything else, including large commercial vehicles, will have to enter elsewhere, ie, at border crossings operated by Kosovo’s customs service (although there is still some confusion about this),“ Judah pointed out.
“Hence the partial victory for Kosovo. It now remains to be seen if a deal can be worked out over the overall issue of customs stamps,“ he concluded in the article for The Economist.
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