EU commissioner on candidate status

It is possible that Serbia will get the EU candidate status by the end of the year, EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule said ahead of his visit to Serbia. He added that in Serbia’s case the EU “will not see a need to make a difference between the candidate status and the beginning of the accession negotiations”. EU commissioner on candidate status “The ball is in Serbia’s court,” he told new portal EurActiv Srbija and Beta news agency. The EU enlargement commissioner will arrive in Belgrade on Tuesday and have meetings with high Serbian officials. Fule explained that the Serbian authorities needed to fulfill all necessary conditions from the European Commission’s annual report by the end of the year, so the EC could give a positive opinion and recommend the Council of Ministers to grant Serbia the EU candidate status and possibly determine the date for beginning of accession negotiations. When asked whether Serbian authorities’ optimism that the country could get the EU candidate status in December was founded, the enlargement commissioner stressed that “they (Serbs) can count that we will help them achieve the ambition as much as we can”. Stefan Fule

EU commissioner on candidate status

“The ball is in Serbia’s court,” he told new portal EurActiv Srbija and Beta news agency.

The EU enlargement commissioner will arrive in Belgrade on Tuesday and have meetings with high Serbian officials.

Fule explained that the Serbian authorities needed to fulfill all necessary conditions from the European Commission’s annual report by the end of the year, so the EC could give a positive opinion and recommend the Council of Ministers to grant Serbia the EU candidate status and possibly determine the date for beginning of accession negotiations.

When asked whether Serbian authorities’ optimism that the country could get the EU candidate status in December was founded, the enlargement commissioner stressed that “they (Serbs) can count that we will help them achieve the ambition as much as we can”.