{"id":81765,"date":"2025-12-08T14:25:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T13:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=81765"},"modified":"2025-12-08T15:28:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T14:28:36","slug":"hamzas-letter-to-von-der-leyen-lift-the-eu-sanctions-on-kosovo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/hamzas-letter-to-von-der-leyen-lift-the-eu-sanctions-on-kosovo\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamza\u2019s Letter to Von der Leyen: Lift the EU Sanctions on Kosovo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"111\" data-end=\"377\">The chairman of the PDK, Bedri Hamza, announced in a post on Facebook that he has sent a letter to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. In this letter, Hamza calls for the immediate and unconditional lifting of the measures against Kosovo.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"379\" data-end=\"562\">According to him, Kosovo has shown a high level of democratic maturity during this year. Hamza emphasizes that the EU\u2019s measures are harming Kosovo and adds that they are unjustified.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"566\" data-end=\"1306\" data-is-last-node=\"\">\u201cAs Chairman of the PDK and future prime minister, I have addressed the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the EU institutions, calling for the immediate and unconditional lifting of the measures against Kosovo.<br data-start=\"806\" data-end=\"809\" \/>Kosovo has gone through a year of successive elections, but we have demonstrated a high level of democratic maturity. Our citizens, among the most pro-European in the region, must not be punished because of an irresponsible government.<br data-start=\"1046\" data-end=\"1049\" \/>The current EU measures are unjustified and are harming the country at a time when we need economic development, European integration, and political stability. It is time for a new chapter in relations between Kosovo and the European Union,\u201d Hamza writes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The chairman of the PDK, Bedri Hamza, announced in a post on Facebook that he has sent a letter to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. In this letter, Hamza calls for the immediate and unconditional lifting of the measures against Kosovo. 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