The paper’s columnist Lumir Abdixhiku writes today that visa liberalization wouldn’t solve the problems of Kosovo citizens. Also, according to Abdixhiku, the right of free movement – taken as the last in the region – does not make any achievement. “Visa liberalization, however, would bring a glimmer of hope for Kosovars. It would bring a dignified treatment that Europe gives to young Europeans. But it did not happen. Europe, the day of which Kosovars celebrate paradoxically every year, decided that Kosovars, unlike the others from the region, are not desirable in Europe. I see this as an unfair decision. Especially, when in the same week, the EU opened the doors of membership for Serbia. It is unfair when every neighbor of Kosovo can move freely in the EU. Kosovars do not deserve to live in a ghetto,” he writes.
On the other hand, according to Abdixhiku, Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci’s threat for revolt is his common language used with internationals. “It is only thanks to instability threats from Thaci, that he continues to remain a factor in Kosovo’s political scene. It is just because of him and his friends alike, that Kosovo remained the only isolated country in the region. The last thing a European minister would like is visa liberalization for a corrupt country, with a political class investigated for war crimes, in the top three places in the world for the number of refugees and among top five for the number of terrorists per capita. Ghettoized Kosovars should seriously consider their readiness to put their lives in the hands of these politicians. Because six years ago, Montenegro, Serbia and Albania were just like us. Today one is in NATO and the other is only a step away. The three of them are candidate countries for EU membership,” concludes Abdixhiku.
