Opposition party leaders travel to Brussels

Leaders of the opposition Serb Progressives (SNS) are traveling to Brussels where they will meet with EU officials, said reports.

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Leaders of the opposition Serb Progressives (SNS) are traveling to Brussels where they will meet with EU officials, said reports. Party leader Tomislav Nikolic said ahead of the visit the party program was "absolutely acceptable to the EU". Opposition party leaders travel to Brussels Although never tested in a general election, this Serb Radical Party (SRS) offshoot is considered the strongest opposition party in Serbia and is topping opinion polls along with the ruling Democrats (DS). Nikolic will be joined in his Brussels trip by his deputy Aleksandar Vucic. The goal of the visit, he said, was to explain the party's positions on key issues in Serbia to EU officials. "We must explain to them that in Serbia, one must prove all the time to be the opposition, even if you have the same idea, even if you would vote in favor of a law approaching you to the EU, you can't because you will instantly be branded traitors to the opposition, who received money from authorities, someone bought us, we're joining their government...," said Nikolic. "As far as we're concerned, I think we have succeeded in canceling out the advantage DS was always given by the EU as supposedly the only party that wished to lead Serbia into the EU," said the SNS party leader, and noted this was not his first Brussels trip. "This is the third time that we will meet the EU enlargement commissioner. Each time the conversations is about the same subject, and each time they receive the same answers from SNS," Nikolic asserted as he spoke to reporters. "It never happened that we were given tasks to perform, because they know very well we act in line with our program, and that program is absolutely acceptable to the EU." Nikolic also said all parliamentary parties, instead of just one, "should be invited to the proclamation of Serbia's status of EU candidate". Tomislav Nikolic (Beta, file)

Opposition party leaders travel to Brussels

Although never tested in a general election, this Serb Radical Party (SRS) offshoot is considered the strongest opposition party in Serbia and is topping opinion polls along with the ruling Democrats (DS).

Nikolić will be joined in his Brussels trip by his deputy Aleksandar Vučić. The goal of the visit, he said, was to explain the party's positions on key issues in Serbia to EU officials.

"We must explain to them that in Serbia, one must prove all the time to be the opposition, even if you have the same idea, even if you would vote in favor of a law approaching you to the EU, you can't because you will instantly be branded traitors to the opposition, who received money from authorities, someone bought us, we're joining their government...," said Nikolić.

"As far as we're concerned, I think we have succeeded in canceling out the advantage DS was always given by the EU as supposedly the only party that wished to lead Serbia into the EU," said the SNS party leader, and noted this was not his first Brussels trip.

"This is the third time that we will meet the EU enlargement commissioner. Each time the conversations is about the same subject, and each time they receive the same answers from SNS," Nikolić asserted as he spoke to reporters. "It never happened that we were given tasks to perform, because they know very well we act in line with our program, and that program is absolutely acceptable to the EU."

Nikolić also said all parliamentary parties, instead of just one, "should be invited to the proclamation of Serbia's status of EU candidate".

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