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EU leaders meeting in Portugal on Dec. 14 are fine-tuning plans to recognize the independence of the Serb province of Kosovo and then take over full administration of the province. At present, only one EU state — Cyprus — objects to the plan because it fears it will legitimize the 1974 secession of the northern third of the Mediterranean island. Three other EU states — Romania, Slovakia and Greece — have related, but more subdued, objections as well.

Still, diplomatically, politically, economically and militarily, all the cards are in the Europeans’ hands. Formally, the Serbs can do nothing to stop Kosovar independence.

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