EU’s Enlargement Strategy Offers No 'European Perspective' To Kosovo

The new EU Enlargement Strategy for the Western Balkans set to be approved on Tuesday offers no clear perspective for Kosovo. The European Commission has been more focused to offer clarity for Serbia’s and Montenegro’s membership by 2025. According to the draft-strategy that Gazeta Express got hold of, Kosovo is mentioned only in the context of the dialogue with Serbia. Belgrade was asked to normalise relations with Kosovo by the end of 2019 at latest, in order to enable Serbia’s membership into the EU, Gazeta Express reports.

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