Date for EU membership talks "barely realistic" in 2012

EU Integration Office head Milan Pajević would not speculate when the EU might open entry talks with Serbia when he spoke for the Belgrade-based tabloid Press.

Izvor: Tanjug

Monday, 03.09.2012.

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BELGRADE EU Integration Office head Milan Pajevic would not speculate when the EU might open entry talks with Serbia when he spoke for the Belgrade-based tabloid Press. But Pajevic stated that if that happened by the end of 2012, that would be an unexpected success, and qualified it as barely realistic. Date for EU membership talks "barely realistic" in 2012 “Regardless of the statements made by foreign and Serbian politicians, I do not want to speculate on when Serbia would get the start date, as we have witnessed that tendency too often in the last decade,” Pajevic stated. He added that the opening of accession talks would be a step towards Serbia' modernization. The normalization of Belgrade-Pristina relations remains a key political issue, he said, underlining that one “should not disregard complex internal reforms in the domain of judiciary and fight against corruption which had been particularly emphasized in the European Commission (EC) recommendations.” Asked whether this government is more pro-European than the previous one, Pajevic said that the people would be able to judge that taking into account the achieved results, on which “partners in the EU and Serbian public will also voice their views.” (file) Tanjug Press

Date for EU membership talks "barely realistic" in 2012

“Regardless of the statements made by foreign and Serbian politicians, I do not want to speculate on when Serbia would get the start date, as we have witnessed that tendency too often in the last decade,” Pajević stated.

He added that the opening of accession talks would be a step towards Serbia' modernization.

The normalization of Belgrade-Priština relations remains a key political issue, he said, underlining that one “should not disregard complex internal reforms in the domain of judiciary and fight against corruption which had been particularly emphasized in the European Commission (EC) recommendations.”

Asked whether this government is more pro-European than the previous one, Pajević said that the people would be able to judge that taking into account the achieved results, on which “partners in the EU and Serbian public will also voice their views.”

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