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More certain European future of Serbia
Belgrade/Brussels,
26 September 2017
Minister for European Integration Jadranka Joksimovic said in Brussels today that Serbia now has a certain European future, influenced by internal reforms in the country, the strategy on enlargement of the President of the European Commission, but also the announced continuity in German foreign policy and policy towards the Balkans.
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tanjug.rs
After a meeting with Chair of the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee and the parliament’s rapporteur on Serbia David McAllister, Joksimovic emphasised that it is very important that this high-ranking politician in Germany announced continuity in the foreign and European policy of Germany.
This is very important because Germany undoubtedly is one of the EU's political and economic engines. As a candidate country, we can expect a stable European policy, especially in terms of further enlargement, she said.
Joksimovic informed McCalister and ambassadors of EU member states of everything that Serbia is doing in terms of reform processes in the country, primarily on the rule of law, and discussed the opening of new chapters in EU accession negotiations.
She expressed the belief that by the end of the year Serbia could open at least three new chapters, hoping for a positive trend in the opening of negotiation chapters to continue.
According to Joksimovic, Serbia is doing its part of the work on the internal level, in order to implement the reforms, in the first place for the betterment for the citizens of Serbia.
At the moment, there is even more positive atmosphere in the Union when it comes to the European path of Serbia, while the agenda for Serbia and Montenegro's accession by 2025 was welcomed by the EU member states, said Joksimovic.
Our plan is to fully comply with European standards by 2021 or 2022, to be followed by the usual procedure in the member states, where a new enlargement is ratified in parliaments or in a referendum.
This is very important because Germany undoubtedly is one of the EU's political and economic engines. As a candidate country, we can expect a stable European policy, especially in terms of further enlargement, she said.
Joksimovic informed McCalister and ambassadors of EU member states of everything that Serbia is doing in terms of reform processes in the country, primarily on the rule of law, and discussed the opening of new chapters in EU accession negotiations.
She expressed the belief that by the end of the year Serbia could open at least three new chapters, hoping for a positive trend in the opening of negotiation chapters to continue.
According to Joksimovic, Serbia is doing its part of the work on the internal level, in order to implement the reforms, in the first place for the betterment for the citizens of Serbia.
At the moment, there is even more positive atmosphere in the Union when it comes to the European path of Serbia, while the agenda for Serbia and Montenegro's accession by 2025 was welcomed by the EU member states, said Joksimovic.
Our plan is to fully comply with European standards by 2021 or 2022, to be followed by the usual procedure in the member states, where a new enlargement is ratified in parliaments or in a referendum.
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