Agreements between Kosovo and Serbia have many shortcomings and this was clear very early on, writes Augustin Palokaj, the paper’s Brussels-based correspondent and columnist. The first one, according to Palokaj, is that the agreements do not have international status and have not been reached between two equal parties. Second, they pertain to Kosovo’s internal affairs to which apparently Serbia has a say in. It is also unknown whether these agreements were actually signed by relevant Kosovo and Serbia officials or merely initialed. Furthermore, it is not known what capacity the EU has in all these talks as the term “mediator” has been rejected by Brussels preferring instead the term “facilitator”, notes Palokaj. As a facilitator, the EU insists it will not interfere in what the parties choose to discuss and the way they wish to communicate these agreements to their respective citizens. If these agreements were truly historic and aimed at easing the lives of the people there would be no need for anyone to go to extreme lengths to ensure their clarification”, writes Palokaj. At the same time, statements by Kosovo officials that the implementation of the agreements has been guaranteed by the EU have been refuted by authorities in Brussels.