Katarina Mallok on Kosovo's uncertain future

Katarina Mallok expresses concern about Kosovo, whose future Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi plans to declare independence as soon as possible: "Every state needs functioning political institutions, internal security and a solid economic structure to survive. In these respects Kosovo has nothing to show. The country's industrialisation is next to zero, the infrastructure is poor and foreign investors avoid the country like the plague. The consequences are huge debt and growing unemployment. The basic needs of its population are being met by EU funding. Its security is in NATO's hands; public order is the result of the work of UN employees who are to be replaced by EU officials once independence has been declared. Everything that is more or less functional in Kosovo works only thanks to foreign aid. ... The international community has made a fundamental mistake by allowing a discussion about the status of Kosovo before the country had been stabilised."

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