“Reform justice system, combat corruption”

A country that wishes to join the EU has to be fully ready for that, EU Enlargement commissioner Stefan Fuele has stated. He added that and justice reform and fight against corruption are the primary tasks in the process. “Reform justice system, combat corruption” “One of the lessons we have learned is that the candidate states should get prepared at the earliest stage for the candidate status and address the difficult areas of reforms, such as the justice reform, fight against corruption and protection of fundamental rights,” Fuele underlined in an interview published by Belgrade daiyl Blic. When asked whether Serbia could join the EU with an unresolved status of Kosovo and in what way that would affect Serbia's capacity to carry out reforms, Fuele said that Belgrade is “expected to have good cooperation with its neighbors”. “The process of solving the status of Kosovo and Serbia's European integrations are two parallel processes. But, of course, it goes without saying that any country wishing to join the EU has to demonstrate good relations with its neighbors that are based on cooperation, tolerance and mutual understanding,” said Fuele. Fuele underscored that the EU's goal is to accept those countries only when they are fully ready to give a positive contribution to the Union. Stefan Fuele (Tanjug, file)

“Reform justice system, combat corruption”

“One of the lessons we have learned is that the candidate states should get prepared at the earliest stage for the candidate status and address the difficult areas of reforms, such as the justice reform, fight against corruption and protection of fundamental rights,” Fuele underlined in an interview published by Belgrade daiyl Blic.

When asked whether Serbia could join the EU with an unresolved status of Kosovo and in what way that would affect Serbia's capacity to carry out reforms, Fuele said that Belgrade is “expected to have good cooperation with its neighbors”.

“The process of solving the status of Kosovo and Serbia's European integrations are two parallel processes. But, of course, it goes without saying that any country wishing to join the EU has to demonstrate good relations with its neighbors that are based on cooperation, tolerance and mutual understanding,” said Fuele.

Fuele underscored that the EU's goal is to accept those countries only when they are fully ready to give a positive contribution to the Union.