Professional paper

KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE - 13 YEARS LATER

Veronika Sudar ; student, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Law Osijek
Matko Guštin orcid.org/0000-0002-4577-0856 ; student, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Law Osijek

Abstract

The protracted conflict in Kosovo has led to the European Union's special concern on the issue, specifically its special activities in the entire area of the Western Balkans with the aim of fully Europeanizing the area and bringing it closer to European integration. The period from the 1980s was a kind of turning point for Kosovo, given that the changed constitutional possibilities in the then state gave the opportunity for independence and the establishment of the state of Kosovo. The understanding of the entire Kosovo issue needs to be observed from the historical aspect and the role of the international community. In general, the state of Kosovo was created mainly based on international action, which laid the foundations for the establishment of a modern European state. In this process, the Ahtisaari Plan and Resolution 1244 from 1999, from which the European Union derives its activities, played a particularly important role. Until now, Kosovo has gone through three periods – that of political unrest until the 1990s, the intensive actions of the international community until the 2000s, and the period of the European Union, which is still ongoing, more precisely, only beginning since Kosovo has signed the Stabilization and Association Agreement. The European Union has a significant impact on the further development of the state of Kosovo in terms of the rule of law, the establishment of democratic standards, and the strengthening of transparent government. Profiling itself as an important global factor in peace and stability, the European Union in Kosovo has achieved the results that are visible through the EULEX mission and the actions of the High Representative of the European Union in Kosovo, as well as all other European Union institutions. At the end of the second decade of this century, the influence of the United States of America in Kosovo, which has never lost interest in establishing peace and stability in this area, is growing again. That is the reason why joint action by the United States of America and the European Union is the only way to finally resolve the complementary Kosovo issue.

Keywords

Kosovo; European Union; United States of America; international community; agreements

Hrčak ID:

280400

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/280400

Publication date:

14.7.2022.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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