• Thaci: PDK initiated the tax, Haradinaj only voted (Klan Kosova)
• Haradinaj: Tax will remain in power until Serbia recognizes Kosovo (media)
• Government: Thaci should protect state interests, not deal with taxes (media)
• EU hopes state team will support Thaci’s efforts and retraction of tariff (Koha)
• EU: Consultations with the team, dialogue with Presidents (Zeri)
• Limaj: Tax won’t be rescinded until Serbia recognizes Kosovo (media)
• Kosovo state delegation to travel to U.S. to get “visa” (Zeri)
• Opposition parties have no strategy to stop negotiating team (Zeri)
• Bislimi: Negotiating team lacks support from Albanian majority (Epoka)

• Trump dangles Rose Garden treaty moment in quiet peace effort between Serbia and Kosovo (Washington Post)
• Shala: Thaci cannot make the promise to rescind the tax (media)
• Ramadani: Tax will be removed only if Serbia recognizes Kosovo (media)
• President and Government must coordinate on tax, commentators say (Telegrafi)
• Rama: We are the Kosovo Army, only our name is KSF (media)

• President Thaci: New era will start after agreement with Serbia (RTK)
• NATO supports dialogue, doesn’t change position on Kosovo Army (media)
• Lack of exchange of information between state delegation and president (Koha)
• Limaj: Missing persons, main topic of Brussels meeting (media)
• EU confirms meeting with Kosovo team on January 8 (media)
• Hoti: LDK doesn’t support current format of dialogue (media)
• LDK, VV determined to call extraordinary assembly session (Koha)