No agreement on the status of Kosovo

Following the latest inconclusive meeting of the UN Security Council, it is becoming increasingly clear to Erich Rathfelder that the EU is the only body that will support the independence of Kosovo. "So the West demonstrates its power. And Belgrade should be compensated with an expedited integration into the EU. That only stands to reason. But Serbian suggestions that Europe stop insisting on the arrest of war criminals Ratko Mladić and Radovan Karadžić, who are in hiding, undermine the integrity of Europe... This horse trading is damaging to Europe. And it won't achieve anything in Serbia. There are too many who would rather align themselves with Russia than Europe. A withdrawal in the EU from the question of war criminals will not be seen as a magnanimous gesture, but rather as a sign of Europe's weakness."

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