EC official: Serbia to join EU in 5-7 years

European Commission Vice-President Jacques Barrot said that Serbia will need in between five and seven years to join the European Union.

Izvor: Tanjug

Saturday, 26.12.2009.

14:30

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European Commission Vice-President Jacques Barrot said that Serbia will need in between five and seven years to join the European Union. Barrot said that Serbia must await the new decade with optimism, adding that visa liberalization with the EU is just the first part of achieving the European dream. EC official: Serbia to join EU in 5-7 years “We want Europe to really be Europe, and that will not be possible without Serbia,” Barrot said at a ceremony at the Serbian cultural center in Paris. Barrot congratulated the Serbian government on completing all the conditions for visa liberalization in a short amount of time, and added that a lot more work must be done in order for the conditions of EU membership to be achieved. “It is good that you have someone like President Boris Tadic leading and a Deputy Prime Minister like Bozidar Djelic who will do a lot on that road,” Barrot said, adding that Serbia needs to be a pillar of democracy, peace, and stability in the region during the next decade. Djelic said that the months preceding the visa liberalization showed that everything is possible if Serbia has a strong desire and strong support from the EU. “Many reforms and challenges are ahead of us. I can’t say that everything will be easy, but I want to be reminded at the end of our trip that a Serbia that believes in itself is a Serbia that wins,” he said. Djelic added that be believes that Serbia will take large steps towards candidate status in 2010, and that Serbia will be celebrating that achievement next year at this time.

EC official: Serbia to join EU in 5-7 years

“We want Europe to really be Europe, and that will not be possible without Serbia,” Barrot said at a ceremony at the Serbian cultural center in Paris.

Barrot congratulated the Serbian government on completing all the conditions for visa liberalization in a short amount of time, and added that a lot more work must be done in order for the conditions of EU membership to be achieved.

“It is good that you have someone like President Boris Tadić leading and a Deputy Prime Minister like Božidar Đelić who will do a lot on that road,” Barrot said, adding that Serbia needs to be a pillar of democracy, peace, and stability in the region during the next decade.

Đelić said that the months preceding the visa liberalization showed that everything is possible if Serbia has a strong desire and strong support from the EU.

“Many reforms and challenges are ahead of us. I can’t say that everything will be easy, but I want to be reminded at the end of our trip that a Serbia that believes in itself is a Serbia that wins,” he said.

Đelić added that be believes that Serbia will take large steps towards candidate status in 2010, and that Serbia will be celebrating that achievement next year at this time.

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