"Speculation about date lacks seriousness"

EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule said speculation about the date of Serbia's accession talks "lacks seriousness."

Izvor: Tanjug

Wednesday, 19.06.2013.

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BELGRADE EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule said speculation about the date of Serbia's accession talks "lacks seriousness." This is because Belgrade has taken major steps in the dialogue with Pristina and the European Commission is in favor of opening talks, he told the daily Vecernje Novosti. "Speculation about date lacks seriousness" In the interview he gave shortly before submitting a report on Serbia, Fule says the European Commission has already recommended that the EU open membership talks with Serbia. "In the run-up to the European Council's decision, EU High Representative and European Commission Vice President Catherine Ashton and I will send a letter to EU member countries, summarizing the implementation of the Belgrade-Pristina agreement reached in April and the state of the reform process. It is already evident that Serbia has made serious efforts in the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina," said Fule. The European Commission already recommended opening talks in its spring report. "The European Council can decide at the end of this month to open accession talks with Serbia. If this happens, they can also set a timeline for the first intergovernmental conference. This is what is meant by the date," said Fule. The EU official noted that he "does not wish to comment on speculation concerning dates, because it is impossible to predict if EU member countries will reach a consensus and what their decision at the upcoming European Council session in Brussels will be." (Beta, file) Tanjug Vecernje novosti

"Speculation about date lacks seriousness"

In the interview he gave shortly before submitting a report on Serbia, Fule says the European Commission has already recommended that the EU open membership talks with Serbia.

"In the run-up to the European Council's decision, EU High Representative and European Commission Vice President Catherine Ashton and I will send a letter to EU member countries, summarizing the implementation of the Belgrade-Priština agreement reached in April and the state of the reform process. It is already evident that Serbia has made serious efforts in the dialogue between Belgrade and Priština," said Fule.

The European Commission already recommended opening talks in its spring report.

"The European Council can decide at the end of this month to open accession talks with Serbia. If this happens, they can also set a timeline for the first intergovernmental conference. This is what is meant by the date," said Fule.

The EU official noted that he "does not wish to comment on speculation concerning dates, because it is impossible to predict if EU member countries will reach a consensus and what their decision at the upcoming European Council session in Brussels will be."

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