German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Djordje Meloni confirmed in a letter to Kosovo Prime Minister Aljbin Kurti that the proposal of European Union (EU) envoy Miroslav Lajčak for the establishment of the Community of Serbian Municipalities (CMU) represents a "solid model, carefully designed with the help of European lawyers and experts, based on existing best practice in Europe".
As reported by Pristina media, they said that there is a risk that Kosovo will not have the necessary support for membership, if it does not start establishing the ZSO.
"Unfortunately, the steps you propose do not address the urgent need for decisive steps towards the establishment of the Association and risk further undermining the dialogue led by the EU. First, the draft statute presented by the EU Special Representative for Dialogue Miroslav Lajčak is not just a 'gentleman's proposal'. It is a solid model , carefully designed with the help of European lawyers and experts, based on the existing best practice in Europe. It takes into account all your red lines, as well as the constitutional and legal framework of Kosovo. As such, it enjoys our full support we want a dysfunctional Kosovo," the letter reads, among other things.
The leaders of the three countries emphasize that the Association as proposed by the EU "is in no way comparable to the Republika Srpska".
"Secondly, submitting this draft to the experts of the Council of Europe would not represent a necessary decisive step, because their opinion will not be legally binding. This can only be achieved by sending it to the Constitutional Court of Kosovo, so that it would be acceptable to that Court. As was explained in Brussels, in the dialogue that leads the EU, there are no legal obstacles to take this step. Third, your proposal for the preparation of a new draft, with consultations with the current mayors or deputies of the municipalities, is neither appropriate nor applicable, due to the current circumstances in these municipalities," the response continued. .
This letter was sent a day before the Government's letter addressed to the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Theodoros Roussopoulos, in which it is stated that the Government is preparing a draft of the Association's statute that it will send to the Constitutional Court by the end of May.
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