Council of Europe's vote: Spaniards with Serbia, Greeks betrayed us

Four MPs from Hungary, two from Cyprus were also against, and out of five MPs from Greece, only one vote was against. One MP from Germany also voted against.

Also, two MPs from France and one from Italy voted against. Seven members of the Serbian delegation were against it, as well as Maja Vukićević from Montenegro, as well as Snježana Novaković and Branislav Borenović from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

For the reception of the so-called Kosovo, 131 out of 171 present members of the PACE voted for Kosovo's membership in the Council of Europe. Among the 11 abstainers was one MP from Montenegro, six Italians and three Moldovans, as well as one German, it was announced on the PACE website.

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted last night the recommendation that the so-called Kosovo becomes a member of the Council of Europe (CoE) and decided to monitor the fulfillment of an extensive list of obligations for accession, of which the issue of the formation of the Community of Serbian Municipalities (CSM) should be included in the future consideration of the Committee of Ministers of the CoE on the request of the so-called Kosovo for joining the CoE as a post-accession obligation.

After the adoption of Dora Bakoyanni's report, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe will send a recommendation for admission to the Committee of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, which makes the final decision by a two-thirds majority of the ministers or ambassadors who represent them and who are present at the time of the vote.

The meeting of the Committee of Ministers should be held from May 16 to 17 in Strasbourg.