Parliament signals prospect of future EU membership for Kosovo

The European Parliament has backed a report from Greens/EFA rapporteur Ulrike Lunacek on Kosovo. The report forms the Parliament's response to the Commission's annual progress reports on candidate and potential candidate countries.

Comments from Greens/EFA MEP, Ulrike Lunacek:

"This vote once again sends a strong signal that the future of an independent Kosovo lies in the European Union and reconfirms the prospect of EU membership. For its constitutional, democratic and economic development, the country needs this European perspective. The internal blockade policy of the past months must be ended immediately. Kosovar parties and politicians are urged to answer this signal from the European Parliament in a constructive manner and in a European spirit, and to fulfil the two remaining benchmarks on the way to visa liberalisation for the benefit of the citizens of Kosovo."