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"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, it has already been said that tomorrow, we will vote on the motion for a resolution on Kosovo drafted by Mrs Lunacek. Today’s discussion and tomorrow’s vote are very important and are a useful contribution to the process of stabilising Kosovo and the Western Balkans as a whole.
If it is to honour the commitments it has made, Europe must work to ensure that three primary objectives are fully met in Kosovo: a stronger and more complete integration of the Albanian and Serbian communities, full implementation of the rule of law and the strengthening of Kosovo’s democratic institutions. Moreover, these are essential conditions if Kosovo is to move more decisively towards the European integration process.
In this context, the European Union must be very demanding with itself and with the authorities in Kosovo, through its presence there, so that the democratisation process can move forward in the country and can embark on the road to European integration. We need to be aware that there are still many things to be done. The European Union must play an active role, which means also following the guidelines provided by the European Parliament.
I therefore believe that this much hoped for process – and I do hope that this motion is adopted by the European Parliament and that all of the groups come together in some way – has a very important role, which I believe is negotiation, dialogue and opening an honest relationship between Serbia and Kosovo for two reasons: to stabilise the relationship between the two countries and to prepare the entire region in the best possible way for a European future; and we hope that this will happen in the not too distant future.
We as Parliament and the European Union must assume this responsibility with the necessary determination."@en1
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