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Kosovo is a potential candidate for future enlargement of the European Union.〔(Kosovo ).http://ec.europa.eu/.〕 Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia was enacted on 17 February 2008 by a vote of members of the Assembly of Kosovo.〔(Kosovo MPs proclaim independence ), BBC, 2008-02-17〕 The declaration was not recognised by Serbia, or five out of 28 EU member states, and as a result the European Union itself refers only to "Kosovo *", with an asterisked footnote containing the text agreed to by the Belgrade–Pristina negotiations: "This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kosovo * )〕 This has not prevented the country from continuing its EU enacted Stabilisation Tracking Mechanism (STM) programme, aiming to gradually integrate its national policies on legal, economic and social matters with EU, so that at some point in the future they could qualify for EU membership. To ensure stability at the territory and neutral rule of law enforcement, the EU is operating in Kosovo under the umbrella of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), deploying police and civilian resources under the European Union Rule of Law Mission (EULEX). Negotiations for EU membership will only start once the country becomes an official candidate for membership. On 10 October 2012 the European Commission found that there were no legal obstacles to Kosovo signing a Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) with the EU, as full sovereignty is not required for such an agreement, and recommended for SAA negotiations to start as soon as Kosovo had made further progress on issues in the four areas: Rule of law, Public administration, Protection of minorities, and Trade. On 28 June 2013, the European Council endorsed these recommendations, and negotiations were launched in the fall of 2013. ==Recognition== , 23 of the 28 member states recognise the Republic of Kosovo as an independent state. The EU states that do not recognise Kosovo's independence are Spain, Slovakia, Cyprus, Romania, and Greece. As a result, European Union itself refers only to "Kosovo *", with an asterisked footnote containing the text agreed to by the Belgrade–Pristina negotiations: "This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence." The European Parliament adopted a resolution on 8 July 2010 calling on all member states to recognise Kosovo.〔(European Parliament urges EU members to recognise Kosovo )〕 In October 2010, an envoy of the European Parliament suggested that lack of recognition by some countries would not be an obstacle to Kosovo joining the Schengen area's visa-free regime.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=31 October 2010 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Accession of Kosovo to the European Union」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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