By Volt Kosovo Imagine a country that is young, vibrant, and overwhelmingly pro-European. A place where the EU flag is flown with as much pride as the national one. Now imagine that the people of this country are often the most isolated in Europe. That country is Kosovo. And that is why Volt Kosovo exists.

In recent years, EU member states have increasingly turned to outsourcing their societal challenges, from asylum policy to waste management and industrial pollution, not to mention security and defence. This trend, often framed as pragmatic, is in reality a costly and ethically fraught abdication of responsibility. Two recent cases exemplify this: Italy’s outsourcing of asylum processing to Albania and Denmark’s agreement to send convicted prisoners to Kosovo. Both policies, while distinct exec