Acting Prime Minister Albin Kurti, writing on Europe Day, said that the European Union was born on the ruins of the Second World War, and that the key to the peace that Europe enjoys is the creation of common institutions that transformed rivals into partners.
Kurti further added that the membership of the Western Balkan countries that want to join the European Union is not simply a matter of prosperity and well-being, but is a necessity to ensure sustainable peace in Europe, Gazeta Express reports.
"Kosovo today is the most developed democracy and the economy with the highest average growth in the region. The application for membership and visa liberalization were the historic steps of the previous mandate. The coming mandate will be about candidate status, the opening of negotiations, and the advancement that Kosovo has long deserved," Kurti wrote, among other things.
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"Europe will not be made immediately or according to a single plan. It will be built through concrete achievements, which first create a de facto solidarity."
With these words, Robert Schuman launched the greatest peace project our continent has ever known.
The European Union was born on the ruins of World War II. Within three decades, Europe had experienced two devastating wars, and the need for a lasting peace had become existential.
But peace was not built on oblivion. It was built on the justice of the Nuremberg trials and on responsibility towards the victims of war. In other words, on a just peace.
Justice and responsibility were followed by a vision of cooperation. The key to the peace that Europe has enjoyed for nearly eight decades was the creation of common institutions that transformed historical rivals into partners. Thus was born the European Coal and Steel Community, and from 1951 until today, Europe has been built step by step, exactly as Schuman had foreseen.
Meanwhile, Kosovo lived the twentieth century differently. In addition to two world wars and the terrible Balkan wars, we also experienced the Serbian genocide at its beginning and end. For us, the European project remained an unfinished promise of peace until the end of the century.
Precisely for this reason, the membership of the Western Balkan countries that want to join the European Union is not simply a matter of prosperity and well-being. It is a necessity to ensure lasting peace in Europe.
Kosovo today is the most developed democracy and the economy with the highest average growth in the region.
The membership application and visa liberalization were historic steps of the last mandate.
The coming mandate will be about candidate status, the opening of negotiations, and the advancement that Kosovo has long deserved.
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