Slavenka Drakulic on the risks linked to Kosovo's independence

In a text published by several European newspapers, the Croatian writer Slavenka Drakulic explains that he feels a mixture of hope and fear regarding Kosovo's independence. "The 2.2 million people who make up Serbia's Albanian minority have been the victims of the brutality of their neighbours, of Milosevic, of his police and of his army, who carried out ethnic cleansing. This gives them the moral right to a state of their own, to freedom and to independence. But the legitimacy of their benefiting from their own state, in the name of moral rights and justice, has nothing to do with legal rights. And this is where things start to get complicated. ... All EU leaders say that this is a 'unique case', but nobody is explaining why, or how to guarantee it. ... The seed of fear has been sewn once again. This is the sad consequence of the act of secession, which is nonetheless fair and deserved."

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