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Serbia wants to join EU because of European values it strives for
Belgrade,
24 August 2017
Prime Minister Ana Brnabic met today with European Parliament's Rapporteur for Serbia and the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs David McCalister.
Author:
Tanjug
Brnabic told McCalister that, thanks to successful economic and political reforms, Serbia continues to securely join membership in the European countries.
She stressed that, despite numerous challenges on the road to full membership in the Union, our country is continuing its internal reforms.
We do this not only in order to show our commitment to the European path, but also because the results we create contribute to improving the living standards and quality of life of all citizens and citizens of Serbia, Brnabic underlined. The Prime Minister told McCalister that fulfilling the obligations necessary for opening accession chapters for Serbia does not mean the process of "striking out" items, but rather that directs our country towards a faster development and a society of the future. We never measured our progress on the basis of how many chapters we opened, and we will not do it in the future either. We will make progress on the basis of how many jobs we have created and how much we have improved everyday life for our citizens, Brnabic pointed out. She added that it is important that we as a society agree on the priorities and what we can do together and achieve in order to bring Serbia into the ranks of successful countries.
As she pointed out, Serbia will continue to be a reliable and credible partner to the EU in the upcoming period. The Prime Minister welcomed the EU's access to the evaluation of each country's progress on the basis of individual merit, and expressed the hope that the EU Member States will recognise these efforts and set a timeframe for their accession to the EU, or leave open the possibility of joining new members in the next budget period.
She stressed that, despite numerous challenges on the road to full membership in the Union, our country is continuing its internal reforms.
We do this not only in order to show our commitment to the European path, but also because the results we create contribute to improving the living standards and quality of life of all citizens and citizens of Serbia, Brnabic underlined. The Prime Minister told McCalister that fulfilling the obligations necessary for opening accession chapters for Serbia does not mean the process of "striking out" items, but rather that directs our country towards a faster development and a society of the future. We never measured our progress on the basis of how many chapters we opened, and we will not do it in the future either. We will make progress on the basis of how many jobs we have created and how much we have improved everyday life for our citizens, Brnabic pointed out. She added that it is important that we as a society agree on the priorities and what we can do together and achieve in order to bring Serbia into the ranks of successful countries.
As she pointed out, Serbia will continue to be a reliable and credible partner to the EU in the upcoming period. The Prime Minister welcomed the EU's access to the evaluation of each country's progress on the basis of individual merit, and expressed the hope that the EU Member States will recognise these efforts and set a timeframe for their accession to the EU, or leave open the possibility of joining new members in the next budget period.
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