Serbia expects EU to keep promises, president says

Serbia’s next step in the EU integration is to get the candidate status and a date for the beginning of negotiations, Serbian President Boris Tadic has said. “We are now looking the EU in the eye in order to see whether it keeps its promises,” he said at the opening of a two-day conference dubbed “Political education in transition” organized by German Friedrich Ebert Foundation on Tuesday. Serbia expects EU to keep promises, president says The Serbian president claims that there has been no bargaining with Brussels but that Serbia will fulfill its part of the work in order to get a date for the beginning of accession negotiations with the EU. “I think I said we are looking you in the eye now in order to see whether you keep your promises. There was no bargaining. We only have a promise that everybody will do their part of the work in Serbia and the Western Balkan countries’ EU integration process,” he stressed. Tadic assessed that getting a date for the beginning of the accession negotiations would be a turning point for Serbia because the EU integration process would then become irreversible. He claims that opposition parties do not have enough experience to finish Serbia’s EU integration process. “They don’t have experience in the integration process, they don’t have any experience when it comes to European institutions and they have not dealt with the issue for two decades. They have been dealing with it for the past year. Possibility that those parties will lead Serbia into the EU is equal to zero,” the president believes. He said that Serbia would pass a set of laws in accordance with the government’s Action plan but that the final decision would be made by the European Commission in October and EU Council of Ministers in December. Boris Tadic

Serbia expects EU to keep promises, president says

The Serbian president claims that there has been no bargaining with Brussels but that Serbia will fulfill its part of the work in order to get a date for the beginning of accession negotiations with the EU.

“I think I said we are looking you in the eye now in order to see whether you keep your promises. There was no bargaining. We only have a promise that everybody will do their part of the work in Serbia and the Western Balkan countries’ EU integration process,” he stressed.

Tadić assessed that getting a date for the beginning of the accession negotiations would be a turning point for Serbia because the EU integration process would then become irreversible. He claims that opposition parties do not have enough experience to finish Serbia’s EU integration process.

“They don’t have experience in the integration process, they don’t have any experience when it comes to European institutions and they have not dealt with the issue for two decades. They have been dealing with it for the past year. Possibility that those parties will lead Serbia into the EU is equal to zero,” the president believes.

He said that Serbia would pass a set of laws in accordance with the government’s Action plan but that the final decision would be made by the European Commission in October and EU Council of Ministers in December.