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Tackling restitution issue of great importance for European integration of Serbia
Belgrade,
31 March 2011
Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration Bozidar Djelic said today that Serbia must solve the issue of restitution of property if it wants to obtain EU candidate status and start accession negotiations.
Bozidar Djelic
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Fonet
Speaking at the “Leaders” panel discussion, held at the Faculty of Economics, Finance and Administration, Djelic said that the modes of natural and financial restitution of confiscated property will be examined so that everyone could be pleased and announced that in June he will expound this law in the parliament.
He said that it is necessary to correct the historical injustice but in such a way so that the state does not make a new injustice and create instability by causing unsustainable pressure on public finances.
The Deputy Prime Minister pointed out that the state should also adopt a law on public property and that Serbia cannot go ahead if property rights are not regulated.
Djelic also said that Serbia will receive an additional €2–3 billion in 2011 if the proposal on the re-allocation of EU’s pre-accession assistance to the Western Balkans is adopted.
A meeting will be held on 4 April in Belgrade at which national coordinators for pre-accession assistance from the Western Balkans will contemplate Serbia’s re-allocation proposal.
I hope that we will be able to agree on a joint stance, he said, adding that Serbian representatives came up with two proposals.
The first implies a linear mode of pre-accession assistance, which means that countries on the path to the EU will receive more money before joining, in order to be better prepared, and somewhat less after they enter the Union.
The second idea is that we as a region should start new economic management and send our projected budgets to Brussels, just like all EU countries, and if Brussels approves of them, we should be given additional incentive through guarantees for the capital market, Djelic explained.
The Deputy Prime Minster told reporters after the panel discussion that the European Commission asked Serbia for the information on the current status of negotiations on the sale of 51% of capital of Telekom Srbija.
He underlined that the conditions for the sale of Telekom Srbija were clear to all interested companies and that the minimum price for 51% of the capital is €1.4 billion.
He said that it is necessary to correct the historical injustice but in such a way so that the state does not make a new injustice and create instability by causing unsustainable pressure on public finances.
The Deputy Prime Minister pointed out that the state should also adopt a law on public property and that Serbia cannot go ahead if property rights are not regulated.
Djelic also said that Serbia will receive an additional €2–3 billion in 2011 if the proposal on the re-allocation of EU’s pre-accession assistance to the Western Balkans is adopted.
A meeting will be held on 4 April in Belgrade at which national coordinators for pre-accession assistance from the Western Balkans will contemplate Serbia’s re-allocation proposal.
I hope that we will be able to agree on a joint stance, he said, adding that Serbian representatives came up with two proposals.
The first implies a linear mode of pre-accession assistance, which means that countries on the path to the EU will receive more money before joining, in order to be better prepared, and somewhat less after they enter the Union.
The second idea is that we as a region should start new economic management and send our projected budgets to Brussels, just like all EU countries, and if Brussels approves of them, we should be given additional incentive through guarantees for the capital market, Djelic explained.
The Deputy Prime Minster told reporters after the panel discussion that the European Commission asked Serbia for the information on the current status of negotiations on the sale of 51% of capital of Telekom Srbija.
He underlined that the conditions for the sale of Telekom Srbija were clear to all interested companies and that the minimum price for 51% of the capital is €1.4 billion.
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