HEARING ON KOSOVO IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 25 January 2005, 2005, www.seetv-exchanges.com

Background: On 25 January the European Parliament's Delegation on South Eastern Europe organised a hearing on Kosovo in Brussels. To read the press release click here.
On the same day the Crisis Group released it's report `Kosovo: towards final status`.

Contents:
At the hearing, SEETV made interviews with: 
Joost Lagendijk and Hannes Swoboda,
Members of the European Parliament's Delegation on South Eastern Europe 
Nicholas Whyte,
Director for the Balkans at the Crisis Group 
Jacques Rupnik,
French specialist of the Balkans.

Views European Parliament
Stockshots Hearing on Kosovo in the EP

• INT Nicholas Whyte, Director for the Balkans in International Crisis Group

01.02 On the message the Kosovo hearing in the EP sends to the region and Brussels officials
01.19 On the latest ICG report on Kosovo
01.45 On the role of the EU in Kosovo
02.35 On the international community agenda for Kosovo for the next months
03.10 On ICTY and Kosovo PM Ramush Haradinaj
03.29 On the influence of Kosovo on Macedonia and the wider region
03.52 Cutaways Nicholas Whyte in the EP hearing on Kosovo

• INT Jacques Rupnik, research director FNSP/CERI (Center for International Studies and Research, Paris) (speaking in French)

04.31 On the agenda for 2005 is solder les comptes de la Yougoslavie disparue
05.25 On the difficulties of the redefinition of the Kosovo statut
06.46 On the reconciliation issue in Kosovo
08.28 Sur les risques que pose l’argument avancé au Kosovo : l’indépendance ou violence et sur l’animosité vis-a-vis la communauté internationale

• INT Joost Lagendijk, Member of the European Parliament

10.45 The main message of the hearing
11.39 On the possibilities to see the EU taking the lead in Kosovo
12.56 On the speculations of possible unilateral recongnition of the Kosovo independence by Washington
14.08 Kosovo independent in 2006 – is it realistic ?
14.44 On Kosovo and the stability of the region

• INT Hannes Swoboda, Member of the European Parliament

16.21 Standards in Kosovo are still not accomplished
16.49 On the EU in Kosovo
17.21 On the ICG report on Kosovo
18.38 On the speculations of possible unilateral recongnition of the Kosovo independence by Washington
19.30 On the EU and international community agenda for the next months
20.42 Kosovo independent in 2006 – is it realistic ?
21.45 On Kosovo and its neighbours

23.06 End of transmission