Pride Parade not condition for EU – EU rep

Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Vincent Degert has said that holding of gay Pride Parade is not a condition for Serbia’s EU accession. He pointed out, however, that the state needed to respect the Constitution which prohibited discrimination. Pride Parade not condition for EU – EU rep “There is no condition for Serbia to hold one, two, five or ten parades in order to join the EU. That’s not the way we think,” Degert told reporters on Monday. He repeated that the Serbian Constitution envisaged protection of all human and minority rights and prohibited religious, racial and sexual discrimination. “If Serbia wants to have the rule of law, it primarily has to respect its Constitution,” the head of the EU delegation to Serbia explained. Degert praised the Serbian authorities for holding the Pride Parade last year and for their efforts to hold it this year as well. Vincent Degert (Tanjug, file)

Pride Parade not condition for EU – EU rep

“There is no condition for Serbia to hold one, two, five or ten parades in order to join the EU. That’s not the way we think,” Degert told reporters on Monday.

He repeated that the Serbian Constitution envisaged protection of all human and minority rights and prohibited religious, racial and sexual discrimination.

“If Serbia wants to have the rule of law, it primarily has to respect its Constitution,” the head of the EU delegation to Serbia explained.

Degert praised the Serbian authorities for holding the Pride Parade last year and for their efforts to hold it this year as well.