Kurti: Kosovo's EU application remains unexamined for 40 months, Executive Committee for Integration established

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Express newspaper

20/04/2026 11:50

Kosovo's Prime Minister, Albin Kurti, has stated that Kosovo's application for membership in the European Union, submitted in December 2022, continues to remain unexamined by the Council even after 40 months.

He described this delay as an issue that requires attention, emphasizing that Kosovo, according to him, meets important standards such as functional democracy, economic growth, and compliance with the EU's foreign and security policy.

In this context, Kurti said that the Government has established the Executive Committee for EU Membership, with the aim of increasing inter-institutional coordination and accelerating the integration process. He also announced that the chief negotiator has been authorized to create specialized task forces, starting with the one for securing candidate country status.

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Kosovo applied for membership in the European Union in mid-December 2022.

On April 15 of this year, it has been 40 months since our application remained unreviewed by the Council.

Kosovo is the most advanced democracy in the region, with the highest average economic growth and fully aligned with the values ​​and foreign and security policy of the European Union.

Membership in the European Union is a strategic choice that our society has made and the government has made it a priority.

Today, in order to dynamize process and to ensure inter-institutional coordination on this priority issue, we have established the Executive Committee for Membership in the European Union.

We authorized the Chief Negotiator with the European Union to create a specific Task Force, starting today with the Task Force on Candidate Country Status.

The EU must expand while reforming itself at the same time.

To make decisions in foreign policy while preserving internal unity. These are possible and Kosovo is ready to contribute.

The enlargement process brings reforms, the advancement of democracy and economic prosperity. Membership is for reforms, for democracy, for development and to contribute to the larger common project of peace and prosperity.