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Florian Bieber, researcher of Southeast Europe at the University of Graz in Austria, in an interview for the German newspaper "Tagesschau", says that the prime minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, "is stubborn", but cannot be blackmailed by the West like his predecessors. since it is not corrupt.
"Kurti started his career by saying that Kosovo should make its own decisions and not listen too much to its western partners. This stubbornness is a clear goal of his policy.
But you also have to consider that his predecessors were more likely to listen to the West because they themselves were corrupt and involved in war crimes and therefore easier to blackmail. Kurt simply cannot be blackmailed. And you have to ask yourself: maybe Western politics is also part of the problem?".
Bieber thinks the European Union is trying to mediate in the dispute between Kosovo and Serbia, but "their tactics" to remove Serbia from Russian influence are not working.
"Apparently they are trying to lure Vucic away from Putin, hoping that Serbia might even join the EU sanctions against Russia.
The current role of the EU is very difficult because it actually has very little credibility. She has placed many bets on Serbia in recent weeks. To create the impression that the European Union is quite uncritical towards Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic," he said.
He points out that the policy of the US and the EU is relatively clear, while adding that they really want to try to isolate Putin in the Balkans and bring Vucic to the western side.
"Vucic uses this very specifically. He is facing the biggest mass protests since he took office. There are many critical voices in Serbia regarding his policies. He uses this Western support. I think it is unlikely that he will cut off all relations with Putin. It is using this game between the great powers, as it has done for many years, to increase its maneuverability", adds the expert.
Bieber says the EU has lost the most important argument to convince both countries to make compromises.
"The problem is that the EU no longer has the credibility it needs to actually bring about a negotiated solution. Because at the beginning of the process there was the promise of faster EU membership. This means that if both countries agree on the normalization of relations, Serbia and Kosovo can join the EU sooner."
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