Kosovo – 120 Days after the Constitution’s Adoption
Kosovo – 120 Days after the Constitution’s Adoption

Summary/Abstract: Looking back on the months since Kosovo’s independence, the prospects, according to the author, are rather encouraging. Kosovo, despite all obstacles and problems, is moving towards stabilization and normalization. The unilateral declaration of independence was not the ideal solution that the international community had hoped for. Yet, after all the efforts to achieve a negotiated solution had failed, an independent Kosovo with a strong international presence on the ground is preferable to a continued political limbo with the danger of an uncontrolled escalation. Kosovo faces huge challenges, both as regards its internal consolidation and efficient cooperation between the numerous international players on the ground. The Kosovo government still has to succeed in turning written paragraphs of the constitution into practice, in developing the economy, in the fight against corruption and organized crime. The international organizations have to overcome existing incompatibilities, find pragmatic solutions and work together efficiently – for the sake of credibility of the entire international community in Kosovo. Belgrade, too, will have to find a “modus vivendi” with Pristina and put its relations with its neighbours, including Kosovo, on a pragmatic footing

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