Pouvreau: The EU will not deliver a solution for Kosovo, proof is the failure of the EULEX mission

Ana Pouvreau, a geopolitical analyst and doctor of Slavic studies from Paris, stated in an interview with Kosovo Online that the European Union, despite its role as a mediator in the Belgrade–Pristina dialogue, will ultimately not find a solution to the Kosovo status issue, a conclusion she says is evident from the failure of the EULEX mission.

Written by: Djordje Barovic

"I believe that the solution will not come from either the EU or NATO. In any case, this is evident from the failure of the EULEX mission in Kosovo, a mission tainted by corruption allegations. EULEX was supposed to restore the rule of law in Kosovo, but this did not happen. We see today that Kosovo has become a hub of organized crime. This is proof of the mission's failure," said Pouvreau.

When asked to comment on the military cooperation agreement between Albania, Croatia, and Kosovo, she assessed it as an attempt to promote Kosovo’s integration into NATO.

"This agreement aims to help Kosovo build its army, as it intends to form a proper small army by 2028. This army will need to be equipped, and Croatia has stated that within the framework of the ‘Rearm’ or ‘Reinvest 2030’ plan, there is a possibility of selling weapons to the Kosovo army. Furthermore, the goal is to prepare the Kosovo army for interoperability in future NATO operations. This includes joint military exercises between Albania, Croatia, and Kosovo. It is clear that this is far removed from UN Security Council Resolution 1244. We have completely moved away from that resolution, which remains in force.

And of course, all of this must be seen in the broader context I described — the implementation of the American strategy to expand NATO and its focus on the Eurasian continent, what geopoliticians refer to as the Eurasian landmass," Pouvreau emphasized.

She warned that the most concerning scenario resulting from this agreement could be the

"Ukrainization" of the Serbia–Kosovo situation.

"In the context of UN Resolution 1244, which remains valid, Serbia's sovereignty and territorial integrity are recognized. But in reality, we are far outside that framework. What could happen is a Ukrainization of the situation, a parallel with Ukraine and Donbas. The Serbs in the enclaves would find themselves in a situation similar to the Russians in Donbas, and provocations could occur over the next few years — we are talking about the 2029–2030 horizon. Meanwhile, Kosovo is getting closer and closer to NATO or may even become a NATO member by then. At this point, anything is possible. This would be a way to escalate the situation," Pouvreau said.

She added that more and more military alliances are forming and will persist regardless of whether the new U.S. President Donald Trump succeeds in ending the war in Ukraine.

"We are witnessing an escalation, a march toward war on the European continent. States are banding together along the old divisions that have existed for 30 years, refusing to join Trump's new strategy for peace with Russia. NATO countries are uniting in preparation for a major war with Russia. In this context, why not also a coalition of these Balkan states, considering the prospect of an ultimate confrontation with Russia, which, I remind you, would inevitably be a nuclear war," Pouvreau concluded.

When asked to comment on whether KFOR has fulfilled its role in ensuring peace in Kosovo, Pouvreau said that this NATO-led mission has not justified its mandate, citing continued emigration of both Albanians and Serbs due to insecurity.

"If we stick to KFOR’s stated objectives from 1999 — stability and security — it is clear that these objectives have not been achieved. Moreover, the KFOR commander acknowledges that the situation in Kosovo is very fragile. Thus, 26 years after KFOR’s arrival, we would have expected a much better situation. But what has happened to Kosovo? It has become a hub of international organized crime, international jihadism, an unsustainable state from which people are fleeing — whether they are Serbs or Albanians," Pouvreau stated.

She believes that securing stability and security was never NATO’s true objective in Kosovo.

"In my opinion, the true objective was that Kosovo represents just one part of the broader strategy of American neoconservatives in Eurasia. Thus, the goal was not stability or security but the maintenance of American hegemony on the Eurasian continent. Trump is now distancing himself from this strategy of perpetual antagonization of Russia. He is trying to find new solutions to escape the deadlock into which this strategy has pushed all European nations," Pouvreau explained.

Commenting on 26 years since the bombing of the former FR Yugoslavia, Pouvreau said that this event "caused a shock and immeasurable pain" on the international scene but also marked a step in NATO’s "march toward the East."

"I think it was an extremely catastrophic event that caused a huge shock on the international stage and at the same time destroyed the historic Franco-Serbian friendship. Thus, the bombing of Yugoslavia is an unhealed wound. However, beyond this tragic aspect, the NATO campaign must be placed within a broader geopolitical context and understood as a further step in the development of a strategy that globalist neoconservatives in the U.S. had been crafting for 30 years. It was one of the actions implementing the strategy of expansion into Eurasia," Pouvreau believes.

She stressed that the breakup of both Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union must be seen in this same context.

"And now, 30 years later, since the 1990s and the breakup of the Soviet Union, we realize that NATO’s eastward expansion — which was presented in the name of humanitarian values and prosperity for the European continent — was, in reality, a belligerent strategy, a strategy of permanent antagonization against Russia, aimed ultimately at Russia’s destruction and fragmentation into several entities," Pouvreau specified.

She based this assertion on the recommendations of Zbigniew Brzezinski, the main U.S. strategist of the 1990s, as outlined in The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives, in which the U.S. considers Eurasia the key geopolitical prize.

"In this way, the NATO bombing campaign fits into this much broader framework," Pouvreau stated.
Asked how EU membership would affect normalization in the Western Balkans, as European officials often suggest, Puvro said that Serbia should be very cautious.

"Serbia is currently a free country with its economic and certainly social difficulties. But I view the entry of new countries into the EU as akin to biting into the poisoned apple from the Grimm fairy tale. For the new states that bite this apple, given what the EU has become, it is a straitjacket aligned with the globalist agenda. There is a clear alignment between globalist plans — the EU 2030 Agenda, NATO 2030. And recently, in March, the EU announced a new €800 billion rearmament plan, called 'Reinvest 2030.' So we see the synchronization of these globalist plans, from which the peoples of Europe have nothing to gain," Pouvreau insisted.

As a second reason, she pointed to the dissatisfaction of certain countries with their EU membership, highlighting Romania and Bulgaria.

"We observe that the Romanian and Bulgarian peoples are dissatisfied with EU membership. In Romania, the candidate who won the elections, Călin Georgescu, was sidelined and threatened with 20 years in prison, as part of a 'new democratic shield' designed to exclude any anti-EU candidates — euroskeptics or EU critics. A similar situation occurred in Bulgaria. Candidate Călin Georgescu was very critical of NATO, rightfully fearing that the new NATO base in the country could be used to launch a major war against Russia," Pouvreau explained.

She believes that the militarization of the EU is consistent with NATO 2030 plans and could lead to a "direct confrontation with Russia."

"EU membership includes collective security clauses modeled after NATO's Article 5. Joining the EU thus also means tying your hands and feet and risking finding your people in trenches in Ukraine, facing Russia, all by 2030. And this is not mere speculation: just last week, the German Defense Minister indicated that German citizens over 18 years old must be ready for mobilization," Pouvreau concluded.