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"Madam President, I should like to start by congratulating my honourable friend, Nikolaos Chountis, on his excellent and balanced report on Albania and then focus on the report on Kosovo.
The objective of the European Parliament report should be to send out a positive message about Kosovo’s European prospects and, at the same time, to clearly reflect the situation in the European Union on the core issue of the regime.
Today, there are five Member States which have not recognised the independence of Kosovo. Of course, we all agree that there is no turning back the clock and a commonly acceptable solution needs to be found quickly. Our objective, therefore, was to find a meeting of minds, common ground. We found this common ground in the decision on EULEX, which stipulated that the mission would be neutral on the question of the regime. I cannot therefore but disagree with the two core ideas in the Lunacek report: Firstly, that the Member States which do not recognise the unilateral independence of Kosovo should accept what the majority considers to be a
and, secondly, that only Serbia should make concessions.
In order to find the compromises required by reason of their geography and common European future, all sides should be constructive. Furthermore, we continue to be firmly convinced that European integration also requires agreed, not unilateral, decisions in the case of the Western Balkans."@en1
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