"Time for Europe to reward Serbia"

It is time Europe rewarded Serbia by liberating the visa regime and unblocking the Interim Trade Agreement, says Italian FM Franco Frattini.

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It is time Europe rewarded Serbia by liberating the visa regime and unblocking the Interim Trade Agreement, says Italian FM Franco Frattini. In an interview for Belgrade daily Danas ahead of the Serbia-Italy summit in Rome, he said that by “voluntarily implementing the Stabilization and Association Agreement Belgrade had shown its determination to continue an accelerated journey towards the EU” and that “it was now time that EU adequately rewarded Serbia”. "Time for Europe to reward Serbia" The Italian foreign minister said that Rome would support Serbia’s request to receive an EU member candidate status. He pointed out that the EU had made a political position that the Western Balkans belonged to the European family by adopting the Thessaloniki Declaration in 2003, and that it had to “stay true to that decision and rebuild its efforts, so the European perspective for the countries of the Western Balkans could become concrete”, and that the EU "has to finish the historical enlargement that had begun in 2004”. When asked if the EU would make recognition of Kosovo a condition for Serbia’s admission, Frattini said that membership in the EU was still based on the Copenhagen criteria and that he "honestly did not see any reason why a different approach would be used for Serbia”. Franco Frattini (FoNet)

"Time for Europe to reward Serbia"

The Italian foreign minister said that Rome would support Serbia’s request to receive an EU member candidate status.

He pointed out that the EU had made a political position that the Western Balkans belonged to the European family by adopting the Thessaloniki Declaration in 2003, and that it had to “stay true to that decision and rebuild its efforts, so the European perspective for the countries of the Western Balkans could become concrete”, and that the EU "has to finish the historical enlargement that had begun in 2004”.

When asked if the EU would make recognition of Kosovo a condition for Serbia’s admission, Frattini said that membership in the EU was still based on the Copenhagen criteria and that he "honestly did not see any reason why a different approach would be used for Serbia”.

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