"More certain European future of Serbia"

"More certain European future of Serbia"

After a meeting with Chair of the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee and the parliament’s rapporteur on Serbia David McAllister, Joksimovic emphasized 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," she said.

McAllister said after the meeting that regardless of who forms the next government in Berlin, Germany will continue the policy of the Western Balkans' and Serbia's moving closer to the EU.

McAllister added he was confident that Angela Merkel would be given another term as German chancellor, and recalled her commitment to the Western Balkans and stability in the region, Tanjug reported.