Maloku: Kurti forgets that the main leverage of the agreement was the CSM, EU lacks vision

Political analyst Albinot Maloku says that the main topic of the Agreement on the Path to Normalization between Kosovo and Serbia, reached exactly a year ago and later annexed in Ohrid, was the Community of Serb Municipalities, which has not yet been implemented, and that this is hindering the agreement's implementation.

He says there is a draft statute of the CSM that has been made public, but neither side rejects nor accepts it as the definitive document.

"Whether the EU will allow the parties to make changes within that text, we do not know. But that is the main topic and the obstacle to implementing what was within this agreement," Maloku says.

When the Agreement on the Path to Normalization of Relations between Kosovo and Serbia was reached, he says, there was hope that it would have a concrete impact and that citizens would feel it. As something that is fulfilled, he mentions the acceptance of license plates from Kosovo in Serbia and vice versa.

Maloku points out that Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic stated that part of the agreement would not be fulfilled, while on the other side, the Prime Minister of Kosovo sometimes forgets that the main leverage of the agreement was the CSM.

"In general, I hoped that the European Union, which facilitates this dialogue, would take this process seriously, but now I have the feeling that the EU lacks vision for the concretization of certain things, that is, for what was agreed in Brussels and Ohrid to be accepted so that eventually there would be signatures that would give additional weight to these documents," Maloku says for Kosovo Online.

The lack of vision of the EU, as he adds, gives room for the parties not to apply what was agreed in Brussels and Ohrid.

"This suits Aleksandar Vucic, and at the same time, it also benefits Prime Minister Kurti, who does not have a special willingness to implement the CSM. I think the EU should have a sharper vision, treat both sides equally, and be balanced to be accepted by both sides and to move forward with reviving the Franco-German plan," Maloku says.