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In June 2022, Prime Minister of Kosovo Albin Kurti stated that he planned to formally submit an application for membership by the end of the year. [37] On 15 December 2022, Kosovo formally submitted an application for European Union membership. [38] [39] [7] [8] [9]
Kosovo (the independence of which is not recognised by five EU member states) formally submitted its application for membership in 2022 and is considered a potential candidate by the European Union. Due to multiple factors, talks with Turkey are at an effective standstill since December 2016.
[56] [57] Kosovo's application was approved by the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy on 27 March 2024. [58] [59] On 16 April 2024, the Parliamentary Assembly voted in favour of Kosovo's membership, with 131 votes in favour, 29 against and 11 abstentions. [60] [61] Kosovo formally applied for European Union candidate status on 15 ...
Kosovo submitted an application for membership in December 2022. [11] For Kosovo to be granted official candidate status, the Council will need to unanimously agree to start Kosovo's accession process by requesting an opinion from the European Commission on its application.
In considering Kosovo's application for membership of the Council of Europe, its Committee of Ministers cited the Ohrid Agreement and stressed the importance of all parties implementing it in good faith. [68] European Union High Representative for external affairs Josep Borrell described the agreement as a "significant achievement". [6]
The special territories of members of the European Economic Area (EEA) are the 32 special territories of EU member states and EFTA member states which, for historical, geographical, or political reasons, enjoy special status within or outside the European Union and the European Free Trade Association.
The agreements also provided for the intervention of a NATO intervention force (IFOR), which was replaced by the European Union's Althea force in 2004. Kosovo became independent in 2008, at the cost of a mass exodus of Albanian and Serbian populations.
Enver Hoxhaj, Kosovo's Minister of Foreign Affairs during 2011–14 and 2016–17, stated in November 2013 that the country was considering making applications for membership in three United Nations specialized agencies in the first half of 2013, [68] and that an application for membership of the Council of Europe in 2014 was being prepared. [69]