Nikoleta Dabanovic

European Union Enlargement to Southeast Europe

The EU as a peace project: The EU and the search for a solution to the Kosovo issue, 1999-present

Working hypothesis: The EU Enlargement policy and EU Foreign and Security policy have shown all
their weakness in the search for a solution to the Kosovo issue from 1999 to present.

1. Introduction:

 Short overview of Kosovo issue prior to 1999

 Short overview of EU Enlargement policy
 Short overview of EU Foreign and Security policy
 Methodology
 Sources

2. Finding a solution to the Kosovo issue 1999-2008

 UN Security Council Resolution 1244/1999

 The role of UNMIK and KFOR
 The negotiations led by the former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari under the
auspices of the UN (2006-2007)
 The developments on the ground
 Kosovo's Declaration of Independence 2008

3. Finding a solution to the Kosovo issue 2008-2018

 The role of EULEX Kosovo mission (2008)

 The IJC’s opinion on Kosovo’s declaration of independence-opening of Pandora’s
box?
 The EU led negotiations in the light of the 2009 establishment of the European
External Action Service
 The negotiations process 2011-2013
 Ambiguity of the Brussels Agreement (2013)
 The Brussels Agreement implementation has failed
 The agreements after 2013
 The developments on the ground

4. Conclusions