‘It’s still the status, stupid!’ – Eckpunkte einer neuen Politik der Verantwortung im Kosovo
‘It’s still the status, stupid!’ – Corner-stones for a New Policy of Responsibility in Kosovo

Summary/Abstract: The status of Kosovo continues to be controversial. Prishtina and Belgrade are now even more at loggerheads than they were before the Kosovar Declaration of Independence in February 2008. Diverging interests in the EU and the United Nations have paralyzed the work of the international community. The authors demonstrate that the new state is already embroiled in a fundamental crisis. The country’s sovereignty hangs in the balance. Neither the EU nor the international community can agree on what should happen next. The authors focus on the role and the significance of the international and European actors on the ground. For example, it is becoming clear that the EU’s legal mission EULEX has a growing credibility problem. And thus once again the efficacy of the whole of the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy is being called into question. It is asserted that the EU needs a new policy with which to create stability and make for clarity. Prishtina must show some responsibility if it does not wish to jeopardize the future of Kosovo.

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