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National Strategy for EU accession outlines Serbia’s development

Belgrade, 28 May 2005

Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Miroljub Labus stated today that with the drafting of the Serbian National Strategy for EU accession, the Serbian government has set EU membership as a clear priority goal and will do everything to fulfil it.

Author: FoNet

At a debate organised by the Serbian government’s EU Integration Office, Labus pointed out that a clear vision, the government’s political commitment and a wide consensus are important for this strategy to succeed.

The National Strategy coordinates all processes in the country that need to be completed on the path of European integrations, Labus explained at the gathering in the Sava Centre. He emphasised that EU accession is not just an extended agreement on free trade, but also entails a comprehensive change of institutions and standards.

According to him, the strategy has two segments, the first shows the situation in Serbia in 2005 in relation to its set goal, EU membership, while the other segment includes a series of measures and activities that need to be undertaken in order to achieve this goal.

The Deputy Prime Minister announced that the Council for European Integrations should adopt this strategy in two weeks, after which an action plan will be made for putting this document into practice, specifying the order and dynamics of steps that need to be taken.

British Ambassador to Serbia-Montenegro David Gowan and Special Advisor with the Serbian government’s EU Integration Office Milica Delevic-Djilas underlined that the principal aim of this document is to link the obligations that Serbia has in the process of its EU accession with the overall context of its social and economic development. According to her, the key segment of this document is development of Serbia, and European integration is just a means for achieving this goal.

The first draft version of the National Strategy was made by a specially selected team, the second is the result of objections raised by the ministries and a series of public debates, and the third was made after technical modifications by the Serbian EU Integration Office, which organised the final public debate at the Sava Centre.