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| 6. PREMATURE RECOGNITION |
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| Despite strong pressure from the United States and
opposition from France and Britain, Germany’s determination to grant recognition
prevailed. Chancellor Kohl was able to obtain French and British approval by granting
concessions relating to the EC monetary union and Britain was allowed to opt out of the
treaty’s social charter. |
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| Germany also conceded that all
six of the Yugoslav Republics were eligible for independence. It was also agreed before
independence would be granted that the Republics would have to meet criteria established
by the Badinter Commission, a group of European jurists set up by the European Union to
arbitrate disputes and establish criteria for recognition. Without waiting for a decision
from the Badinter Commission, Germany announced the recognition of Slovenia and Croatia on
December 23,1991. |
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| The premature recognition of
Slovenia and Croatia was a guarantee that the breakup of Yugoslavia would not be resolved
by peaceful means. Once again western intervention had exacerbated and complicated a
serious Balkan problem. Again the German intervention had little to do with the actual
problem faced on the ground in Yugoslavia. |
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