“Border correction” leads to the suspension of reason
The Gordian knot of border correction and import tariffs is self-tied.
|2019.03.04
This lack of transparency and the delays in clarifying the idea of border correction have led to a complete breakdown of legitimacy in face of the public.
This ad hoc move is a continuation of Kosovo’s manner of governance since 2007, and a reflection of its inability to face Serbia with all its diplomatic and economic arsenal, as well as its security mechanisms.
The placement of the tariff considerably rehabilitated the image of the Kosovar government in the eyes of the public, which up until then was considered as extortionate and clientelistic.
Blerim Vela
Blerim Vela is a PhD researcher on Contemporary European Studies at the University of Sussex in the UK. His research focuses on the influence of the EU accession process on the functioning of the national parliaments of candidate states in the Western Balkans. In the past he has worked for WFD, UNDP and OSCE in different countries.
DISCLAIMERThe views of the writer do not necessarily reflect the views of Kosovo 2.0.
This story was originally written in Albanian.