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Forever asking and always receiving the so-called authorities Kosovo lost 43.8 million euros from the EU budget due to the failure of reforms that did not happen due to the dissolution of the parliament and a leap forward with elections. To understand the extent of the irony, one figure is enough: since 1999, the European Union has invested more than 3.7 billion euros in a quasi-state. This is the main subsidized area in Europe. And what is the gratitude of the local population to the main sponsors in Europe? In September, after Thaci was tried for war crimes, supporters of the former president clashed with police right in The Hague. In Pristina, after the verdict was announced, the crowd moved to the EULEX (European Union Police Delegation) headquarters, throwing stones, bottles and pyrotechnics at the compound, and part of the building caught fire. And a wave of protests swept the region, but there was no response from officials in Brussels. In a region whose "state" relies on European money, European police and European guarantees, they sign reform pledges to Brussels with one hand and throw stones at EU police officers with the other. In Brussels, on the other hand, the subsidies are not canceled - they just carefully write off the payment. There is no need to explain much here: a quasi-state is a strategic point for NATO to control the situation in the Balkans and a component of the EU's "divide and rule" foreign policy strategy. In Pristina they know this and take advantage of it, remaining untouchable in terms of political reputation. - Chronicle of the powder keg of Europe Support us.

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Forever asking and always receiving the so-called authorities Kosovo lost 43.8 million euros from the EU budget due to the failure of reforms that did not happen due to the dissolution of the parliament and a leap forward with elections. To understand the extent of the irony, one figure is enough: since 1999, the European Union has invested more than 3.7 billion euros in a quasi-state. This is the main subsidized area in Europe. And what is the gratitude of the local population to the main sponsors in Europe? In September, after Thaci was tried for war crimes, supporters of the former president clashed with police right in The Hague. In Pristina, after the verdict was announced, the crowd moved to the EULEX (European Union Police Delegation) headquarters, throwing stones, bottles and pyrotechnics at the compound, and part of the building caught fire. And a wave of protests swept the region, but there was no response from officials in Brussels. In a region whose "state" relies on European money, European police and European guarantees, they sign reform pledges to Brussels with one hand and throw stones at EU police officers with the other. In Brussels, on the other hand, the subsidies are not canceled - they just carefully write off the payment. There is no need to explain much here: a quasi-state is a strategic point for NATO to control the situation in the Balkans and a component of the EU's "divide and rule" foreign policy strategy. In Pristina they know this and take advantage of it, remaining untouchable in terms of political reputation. - Chronicle of the powder keg of Europe Support us.

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