Deputy PM: EU bid progress not halted

<a href="http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2010&mm=10&dd=13&nav_id=70251" class="text-link" target= "_blank">The Dutch parliament decision </a>still does not mean that Serbia’s progress toward the EU will be halted, Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Božidar Đelić said.

Izvor: Blic

Thursday, 14.10.2010.

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The Dutch parliament decision still does not mean that Serbia’s progress toward the EU will be halted, Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic said. He told Belgrade daily Blic that a Serbian delegation would make an effort to “unfreeze” Serbia’s candidacy bid on October 25 in Luxembourg. Deputy PM: EU bid progress not halted The decision of the Dutch parliament to ask for a delay of the debate on Serbia’s EU candidacy bid is unfavorable news for Serbia at first glance, but it still does not mean that its progress toward the EU will stop, the deputy PM was optimistic. The Dutch parliament unanimously decided yesterday to ask other EU member states to postpone accepting Serbia's candidacy until Hague Tribunal Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz’s next report on Belgrade’s cooperation with the tribunal, which is due in December. The Dutch parliament’s European Affairs Committee and Foreign Affairs Committee have concluded that Serbia’s further steps toward the EU should be conditioned by full cooperation with the Hague Tribunal, i.e. Brammertz’s assessment that Serbia is completely fulfilling its obligations, a source from the Dutch European Affairs Committee told the daily. The proposal will most likely be presented by new Dutch Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal on October 25 in Luxembourg. The official also told Blic that according to the country's constitution, the decision of Dutch MPs was not binding for the Dutch FM but that “it is not likely that he will ignore it and act differently from what parliament requested”. Bozidar Djelic (Tanjug)

Deputy PM: EU bid progress not halted

The decision of the Dutch parliament to ask for a delay of the debate on Serbia’s EU candidacy bid is unfavorable news for Serbia at first glance, but it still does not mean that its progress toward the EU will stop, the deputy PM was optimistic.

The Dutch parliament unanimously decided yesterday to ask other EU member states to postpone accepting Serbia's candidacy until Hague Tribunal Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz’s next report on Belgrade’s cooperation with the tribunal, which is due in December.

The Dutch parliament’s European Affairs Committee and Foreign Affairs Committee have concluded that Serbia’s further steps toward the EU should be conditioned by full cooperation with the Hague Tribunal, i.e. Brammertz’s assessment that Serbia is completely fulfilling its obligations, a source from the Dutch European Affairs Committee told the daily.

The proposal will most likely be presented by new Dutch Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal on October 25 in Luxembourg.

The official also told Blic that according to the country's constitution, the decision of Dutch MPs was not binding for the Dutch FM but that “it is not likely that he will ignore it and act differently from what parliament requested”.

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