What is European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo?
{{update|date=December 2023}} The '''European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo''' also called '''EULEX Kosovo''' is a [[contract]] between the [[European Union]] and [[Kosovo]]. With this, certain states of the European Union will send [[police]] forces as well as [[lawyer]]s to help make Kosovo more secure. This is what was agreed by the [[Ahtisaari plan]]. The idea is to continue the presence of foreign police forces to help the police in Kosovo, as planned under [[United Nations Security Council]] Resolution 1244. [[Russia]] and [[Serbia]] see this mission as illegal. The plan was to have 2.000 police force and lawyers on the ground. The mission started to deploy its forces on 16 February 2008.<ref name=autogenerated2>{{Cite web |title=EurActiv.com - Serbia, Russia fury as Kosovo independence draws near {{!}} EU - European Information on Enlargement & Neighbours |url=http://www.euractiv.com/en/enlargement/serbia-russia-fury-kosovo-independence-draws-near/article-170333 |access-date=2008-11-06 |archive-date=2011-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609180815/http://www.euractiv.com/en/enlargement/serbia-russia-fury-kosovo-independence-draws-near/article-170333 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://euobserver.com/9/25660 EUobserver.com]</ref> Currently only 400 of the some 1,900 police officers and judges foreseen by the EULEX mission are in place.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iHVwFOo39CXhqtv8mSDClRsz9dqg |title=AFP: US diplomat says order must return to 'lawless' northern Kosovo |access-date=2008-11-06 |archive-date=2013-12-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131222120242/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iHVwFOo39CXhqtv8mSDClRsz9dqg |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==Composition and deployment== [[File:Martti Ahtisaari at the World Economic Forum.jpg|thumb|The [[Martti Ahtisaari|Ahtisaari]] plan envisioned the EU's policing and judicial assistance.]] The [[European Council]] agreed on sending 1800 to 1900 people on 14 December 2007. Because of the unstable po