Four EU countries saying "No" to Kosovo Independence

Four EU countries, Romania, Cyprus, Slovakia and Spain, have refused to recognise Kosovo as an independent state.

Here, Euro MPs from all four countries explain their concerns about Kosovo's step forward.

Click on the links below to read what they have to say.

"Kosovo opens a Pandora's box" Irena Belohorska, Slovak MEP "Some member states have forgotten the basic principles of international law" Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, Cypriot MEP

"The seeds of future trouble have been sown" Manuel Medina Ortega, Spanish MEP "A precedent likely to affect countries with frozen conflicts" Jean-Marian Marinescu, Romanian MEP