EC "yet to formulate" recommendation on Serbian bid
The annual report of the European Commission (EC) on Serbia's progress is completed and is mostly positive, Tanjug news agency has learned in Brussels.
Monday, 10.10.2011.
15:29
The annual report of the European Commission (EC) on Serbia's progress is completed and is mostly positive, Tanjug news agency has learned in Brussels. But its sources said that a recommendation on candidacy and the beginning of membership negotiations has not yet been formulated. EC "yet to formulate" recommendation on Serbian bid When it comes to Serbia, the opinion will be formulated in the last minute, ahead of the official publishing in Brussels on Wednesday, October 12, Tanjug learned from a European diplomat who wished to remain anonymous. Political consultations are still underway, the diplomat said, adding that the EC will most likely recommend that Serbia be given candidate status. As for Serbia's progress, the document favorably assesses the cooperation with the Hague Tribunal, fight against organized crime and promotion of regional cooperation, Tanjug's sources stated. In addition, the report commends Serbia's efforts to harmonize its legislation with the EU standards. Serbia's candidacy had until recently been a done deal, but latest events at the Jarinje and Brnjak checkpoints in northern Kosovo made certain countries reexamine their positions in the last minute, the sources stated. Brussels believes that Serbia should not be supporting the setting up of barricades, and certain countries with soldiers within KFOR "reacted badly to the wounding of KFOR members". Taking into account that not all EU member states have recognized Kosovo, the report does not refer to Kosovo as an independent state, but rather as a territory in accordance with the Resolution 1244 of the UN Security Council. The report points out the difficult economic and security situation in Kosovo, adding that Brussels was "taking very seriously the allegations of human organ trafficking stated in the report by Council of Europe rapporteur Dick Marty", who identified former membets of the ethnic Albanian KLA as perpetrators of atrocities. However, reported Tanjug, "it is estimated that Serbia will be granted EU candidate status". The reports on each individual country will be presented formally on Tuesday, with Serbia being the first one this year to get the European Commission's opinion on its readiness to become a candidate for EU membership. The final decision on the issue will be delivered by the European Council in December.
EC "yet to formulate" recommendation on Serbian bid
When it comes to Serbia, the opinion will be formulated in the last minute, ahead of the official publishing in Brussels on Wednesday, October 12, Tanjug learned from a European diplomat who wished to remain anonymous.Political consultations are still underway, the diplomat said, adding that the EC will most likely recommend that Serbia be given candidate status.
As for Serbia's progress, the document favorably assesses the cooperation with the Hague Tribunal, fight against organized crime and promotion of regional cooperation, Tanjug's sources stated.
In addition, the report commends Serbia's efforts to harmonize its legislation with the EU standards.
Serbia's candidacy had until recently been a done deal, but latest events at the Jarinje and Brnjak checkpoints in northern Kosovo made certain countries reexamine their positions in the last minute, the sources stated.
Brussels believes that Serbia should not be supporting the setting up of barricades, and certain countries with soldiers within KFOR "reacted badly to the wounding of KFOR members".
Taking into account that not all EU member states have recognized Kosovo, the report does not refer to Kosovo as an independent state, but rather as a territory in accordance with the Resolution 1244 of the UN Security Council.
The report points out the difficult economic and security situation in Kosovo, adding that Brussels was "taking very seriously the allegations of human organ trafficking stated in the report by Council of Europe rapporteur Dick Marty", who identified former membets of the ethnic Albanian KLA as perpetrators of atrocities.
However, reported Tanjug, "it is estimated that Serbia will be granted EU candidate status".
The reports on each individual country will be presented formally on Tuesday, with Serbia being the first one this year to get the European Commission's opinion on its readiness to become a candidate for EU membership.
The final decision on the issue will be delivered by the European Council in December.
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