Borders vs. Numbers : Albanian National Minority in the South Serbia between Nation Building in Kosovo and EU Member State Building

• Autorzy: Abdullah Sencer Gözübenli Gözübenli

Warianty tytułu

Granice kontra liczby : między konsolidacją narodu w Kosowie a blokiem Państw Członkowskich Unii Europejskiej; sytuacja albańskiej mniejszości narodowej w południowej Serbii

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Serbia and Kosovo are the two countries that want to join the EU as their ultimate goal. However, in order for this process to start, Kosovo, still not recognised by five EU member states, should be recognised by many countries including Serbia and these two former enemies have to solve the problems seriously to become allies. While the independence of Kosovo remains unacceptable for Serbia, today one of the main problems facing the parties is the border issues. Despite the fact that Serbia insists there is no state border between Serbia and its former province, the EU-mediated talks on the normalisation of relations between Serbia and Kosovo, which include the option of a border correction namely, land swap is taking place behind closed doors. The land swap solution suggests that Kosovo takes control of the Albanian-inhabited Preševo Valley of South Serbia while the Serb-inhabited four northern municipalities of Kosovo would be associated with Serbia. But this controversial step, depending on whom you ask, is a historical matter that can lead to a war or a great compromise. This paper aims to take a comprehensive look at the solution of the land swap between Kosovo and Serbia on the side of Albanian minority in the South Serbia, considering that the balances in this region are very dynamic, and to examine the importance of the EU membership motivation for solving such disputes. The analysis in this study has been conducted based on (a) interviews with political decision-makers in the Preševo Valley involved in talks about swapping land and journalists from the region, (b) author's observations and field research, (c) objectives and priorities identified in the Brussels Agreement in 2013, the Stabilisation and Association Agreement, and the instruments concerned with minority rights and the recognition of local autonomy (e.g. Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities and European Charter of Local Self-Government) compared to comments from the latest country-specific monitoring works by the EU and Council of Europe on the framework of the EU-facilitated Dialogue for the normalisation of relations between two countries. (original abstract)

Serbia i Kosowo to dwa kraje, których ostatecznym celem jest przyłączenie się do UE. Jednakże, aby proces ten mógł się rozpocząć, Kosowo, wciąż nieuznawane przez pięć państw członkowskich UE, powinno zostać uznane przez wiele krajów, wliczając w to Serbię, poza tym ci dwaj byli wrogowie muszą rozwiązać problemy w sposób poważny, by stać się sojusznikami. Skoro niepodległość Ko-sowa pozostaje nie do przyjęcia dla Serbii, dziś jednym z głównych problemów stojących przed stronami są kwestie graniczne. Pomimo faktu, że Serbia obstaje przy tym, iż nie istnieje żadna granica między Serbią a jej poprzednią prowincją, rozmowy prowadzone z mediacją UE w sprawie normalizacji stosunków między Serbią a Kosowem, obejmujące mianowicie opcję korekty granic, za zamkniętymi drzwiami ma miejsce wymiana terenów. Rozwiązanie polegające na wymianie terenów sugeruje, że Kosowo przejmuje kontrolę nad zamieszkałą przez Albańczyków z tzw. Doliny Preszewa w Południowej Serbii, podczas gdy zamieszkałe przez Serbów cztery północne gminy Kosowa połączyłyby się z Serbią. Lecz ten kontrowersyjny krok, w zależności od tego, kogo się pytamy, jest problemem historycznym, który może prowadzić do wojny albo do wielkiego kompromisu. Artykuł ma na celu wszechstronne spojrzenie na rozwiązanie, jakim jest wymiana terenów między Kosowem a Serbią, po stronie mniejszości albańskiej w Południowej Serbii, uwzględniając to, że równowagi w tym regionie są bardzo dynamiczne, oraz zbadanie znaczenia motywacji, jaką jest członkostwo w UE, dla rozstrzygania takich kwestii spornych. Analizę w tym opracowaniu przeprowadzono na podstawie: (a) wywiadów z decydentami politycznymi w Dolinie Preszewa, zaangażowanymi w rozmowy o wymianie terenów, i dziennikarzami z regionu, (b) obserwacji i badań terenowych autora, (c) celów i priorytetów określonych w Porozumieniu Brukselskim z roku 2013, Układzie o Stabilizacji i Stowarzyszeniu oraz instrumentów dotyczących praw mniejszości i uznania autonomii lokalnej (np. Ramowa Konwencja w sprawie Ochrony Mniejszości Narodowych oraz Europejska Karta Samorządów Lokalnych) w zestawieniu z komentarzami pochodzącymi z najnowszych prac monitoringowych odnoszących się do konkretnych krajów prowadzonych przez UE i Radę Europy dotyczących ram dialogu pod auspicjami UE w sprawie normalizacji stosunków między dwoma krajami. (abstrakt oryginalny)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

State boundaries; Ethnic minority; Political relations; International relations

PL

Granice państwa; Mniejszości narodowe; Stosunki polityczne; Stosunki międzynarodowe

• Czasopismo: Kwartalnik Naukowy Uczelni Vistula
• Rocznik: 2019
• Numer: nr 2(60)
• Strony: 81--100

Twórcy

autor

Abdullah Sencer Gözübenli Gözübenli

• Uniwersytet św. Cyryla i Metodego w Skopje

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