Rehn: Candidate status in early 2009

After Mladic and Hadzic, I am sure they will come up with some more names. More sweet carrots for Serbia are about to be delivered. Thus I think our government should give up on EU and try to focus on more important issues such as corruption, improving living standard, preserving Kosovo, improving education, decentralisation and so on. Many important issues that require full energy. Hague and SAA should be the last thing to worry about.

Mircea

To my knowledge, Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania and Turkey are planned to join the EU in 2015, though the Lisbon Treaty might cause a delay.

2020 might be the date for Kosovo and ex-CIS states that are interested in the EU, though Kosovo is practically under counstruction, so it might be even longer for them.

I am delighted to read this!

if the dutch stance is an obstacle to serbian EU-accession, ...well, what will be the effect of the stances of Slovakia, Spain, Greece, Cyprus etc. on the Kosovo-issue?

let´s just see what future brings! I am confident.

little hint to Mircea:
it doesn´t suit well to your credibility, if you are writing about things that nobody can say at the moment, in a manner that creates the illusion of being an "insider".
this is not an offense, just a hint.

Even if Serbia receives candidate status in 2009 the country will not join the EU soon. The negotiation process will long and difficult. Serbia will probably join the EU in 2020.

It will be interesting to see how the Lisbon Treaty issue gets sorted out, becuase until that happens all EU integration is frozen. Thats a fact and if people cannot see it now then you need to look at the current Nieece Treaty which specifically limits EU members to a maximum of 28. So far I can see two possible scenarios, either the Irish will get threatened (or actually) to get kicked out of EU or they will be bribed and it will be similar to what happened in UK regarding the Lisbon Treaty (tony blair said there will be a referendum, then the new PM took over and said no its a govt decision).

As far as Hague cooperation is concerned, even if all indictees get sent to hague there will still be the the recognition of Kosovo that will hold (or completely stall) things. Yes, Brussels has been telling us that Kosovo recognition is not a requirement for EU entry, but that's a blatant lie unfortunately. Kosovo recognition is not necessary to get the SAA in force but SAA is just a small stepping stone to eventual EU memebership and when that is finnaly within reach, then Brussels will make this demand explicit.

EU is waiting for Serbia to do its bidding one at a time. Tadic knows this, I promise you, but he is keeping quiet about it to remain in power and not create problems with the coalition. It will be intersting to see how things turn out when we get to that stage though. But this is a key part of EU's strategy, if it asked for everything at once (hand over indictees AND recognise Kosovo) then it would get nowhere as no politican can promise that. First the indictees and then Kosovo recognition. One carrot at a time, while getting all the citizens' hopes up about the EU.

Peter Sudyka,
I think Kosovo will enter later than the rest, but then they might just take them under their wings given the small population. You never know (Like Albania and Croatia will join NATO next year.) I don't think Serbia will be able to block either Albanian's or Kosova's memberships though.

have a nice day,
from Dashnori i Satam

Dashnori i Satam

Slovenia is a good example of what you mean, though during the times of the former Yugoslavia, most development occurred there and the least in Kosovo, though I have to admit that Sejdu and Thaci have a good approach, so hopefully they can make life better for their citizens.

Dashnori i Satam,

I would not be surprised if precisely Serbia would be the promoter of the Kosovo Province in the EU. To block Kosovo's entry would be the most stupid thing, since it's their own province... governed currently by a illegitimate regime. They can gain legitimacy only by negotiating with Serbia and distance them self from KLA past. Otherwise how they imagine to live in peace?

But here is the next question: if really that's the case and not much later than Kosovo becoming de-facto part of the E.U. their "borders" with Serbia will go away: what goal does serve this UDI after all?

Even if Serbia receives candidate status in 2009 the country will not join the EU soon. The negotiation process will long and difficult. Serbia will probably join the EU in 2020.

After Mladic and Hadzic, I am sure they will come up with some more names. More sweet carrots for Serbia are about to be delivered. Thus I think our government should give up on EU and try to focus on more important issues such as corruption, improving living standard, preserving Kosovo, improving education, decentralisation and so on. Many important issues that require full energy. Hague and SAA should be the last thing to worry about.

Mircea

To my knowledge, Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania and Turkey are planned to join the EU in 2015, though the Lisbon Treaty might cause a delay.

2020 might be the date for Kosovo and ex-CIS states that are interested in the EU, though Kosovo is practically under counstruction, so it might be even longer for them.

I am delighted to read this!

if the dutch stance is an obstacle to serbian EU-accession, ...well, what will be the effect of the stances of Slovakia, Spain, Greece, Cyprus etc. on the Kosovo-issue?

let´s just see what future brings! I am confident.

little hint to Mircea:
it doesn´t suit well to your credibility, if you are writing about things that nobody can say at the moment, in a manner that creates the illusion of being an "insider".
this is not an offense, just a hint.

It will be interesting to see how the Lisbon Treaty issue gets sorted out, becuase until that happens all EU integration is frozen. Thats a fact and if people cannot see it now then you need to look at the current Nieece Treaty which specifically limits EU members to a maximum of 28. So far I can see two possible scenarios, either the Irish will get threatened (or actually) to get kicked out of EU or they will be bribed and it will be similar to what happened in UK regarding the Lisbon Treaty (tony blair said there will be a referendum, then the new PM took over and said no its a govt decision).

As far as Hague cooperation is concerned, even if all indictees get sent to hague there will still be the the recognition of Kosovo that will hold (or completely stall) things. Yes, Brussels has been telling us that Kosovo recognition is not a requirement for EU entry, but that's a blatant lie unfortunately. Kosovo recognition is not necessary to get the SAA in force but SAA is just a small stepping stone to eventual EU memebership and when that is finnaly within reach, then Brussels will make this demand explicit.

EU is waiting for Serbia to do its bidding one at a time. Tadic knows this, I promise you, but he is keeping quiet about it to remain in power and not create problems with the coalition. It will be intersting to see how things turn out when we get to that stage though. But this is a key part of EU's strategy, if it asked for everything at once (hand over indictees AND recognise Kosovo) then it would get nowhere as no politican can promise that. First the indictees and then Kosovo recognition. One carrot at a time, while getting all the citizens' hopes up about the EU.

Peter Sudyka,
I think Kosovo will enter later than the rest, but then they might just take them under their wings given the small population. You never know (Like Albania and Croatia will join NATO next year.) I don't think Serbia will be able to block either Albanian's or Kosova's memberships though.

have a nice day,
from Dashnori i Satam

Dashnori i Satam

Slovenia is a good example of what you mean, though during the times of the former Yugoslavia, most development occurred there and the least in Kosovo, though I have to admit that Sejdu and Thaci have a good approach, so hopefully they can make life better for their citizens.

Dashnori i Satam,

I would not be surprised if precisely Serbia would be the promoter of the Kosovo Province in the EU. To block Kosovo's entry would be the most stupid thing, since it's their own province... governed currently by a illegitimate regime. They can gain legitimacy only by negotiating with Serbia and distance them self from KLA past. Otherwise how they imagine to live in peace?

But here is the next question: if really that's the case and not much later than Kosovo becoming de-facto part of the E.U. their "borders" with Serbia will go away: what goal does serve this UDI after all?