EP member and Vice-President of the Socialist & Democrats group, Tanja Fajon, voiced the opinion that the opening of the first chapters in the Serbia's negotiations with the EU should occur as soon as possible.

"And in the resolution of the European Parliament on the progress of Serbia, we invited the European Commission to immediately start the negotiations," she told Danas newspapers on the eve of today's vote on the final version of the resolution on Serbia's progress in European integration.

Speaking on the normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina in the context of EU accession, as well as "frozen" participation of Serbs in Kosovo institutions, she noted that the issue of the return of Serbs into the Kosovo institutions is "part of the normalization of relations between Serbia and Kosovo, which is very important, according to some and essential for Serbia's progress towards the EU."

"That is the question that Kosovo and Serbia will need to resolve as soon as possible. It is inevitable that Kosovo and Serbia will have to work to normalize relations, and within the Brussels process and at bilateral level. The most important thing in the whole story is certainly to provide the citizens who live in Kosovo, including Serbs, better living conditions," said Fajon.