Pride Parade ban will not change EU stand, speaker claims

Serbian parliament Speaker Slavica Đukić-Dejanović says Serbia has met all the conditions for the EU candidate status.

Izvor: Tanjug

Saturday, 01.10.2011.

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Serbian parliament Speaker Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic says Serbia has met all the conditions for the EU candidate status. She added that a decision to ban all public gatherings scheduled for the weekend, including the Pride Parade, would have no influence on Brussels' decision. Pride Parade ban will not change EU stand, speaker claims The parliament speaker told Belgrade-based daily Press that she expected the European Commission to state on October 12 that Serbia deserves to be granted EU candidate status. The Serbian Interior Ministry on Friday banned all public gatherings that are considered to entail higher security risks this weekend in Belgrade. Djukic-Dejanovic does not believe that organization of the Pride Parade was set as a condition for other countries on their EU paths either, and the ban regarding the gathering should not affect the country's prospects for obtaining the EU candidate status. She said that she did not expect to see the EU make such a move. The parliament speaker added that she had planned to attend the Pride Parade. Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic (Tanjug, file)

Pride Parade ban will not change EU stand, speaker claims

The parliament speaker told Belgrade-based daily Press that she expected the European Commission to state on October 12 that Serbia deserves to be granted EU candidate status.

The Serbian Interior Ministry on Friday banned all public gatherings that are considered to entail higher security risks this weekend in Belgrade.

Đukić-Dejanović does not believe that organization of the Pride Parade was set as a condition for other countries on their EU paths either, and the ban regarding the gathering should not affect the country's prospects for obtaining the EU candidate status. She said that she did not expect to see the EU make such a move.

The parliament speaker added that she had planned to attend the Pride Parade.

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