The European Commission’s new enlargement strategy offers support for Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia - but insists they must step up reforms and fully embrace EU values if they hope to join.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic received on Wednesday in Belgrade EU Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn.
European Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy Commissioner, Johannes Hahn told Tanjug news agency it is still too early to speak how the legally binding agreement between Serbia and Kosovo would look like.
Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said on Tuesday EU's enlargement strategy for the Western Balkans "considers Serbia as a leader."
Serbian Minister of Defense, Aleksandar Vulin said in Belgrade that the process of stopping the “Great Albania” must start in Kosovo and Metohija, Serbian media reported.
Jean-Claude Juncker says that 2025 is not the year when Serbia and Montenegro "would have to" join the EU - but rather "an indicative date, an encouragement," Tanjug news agency reported.
Spain’s stance that Kosovo cannot be part of the Western Balkans enlargement process remains, the Embassy of Spain to Serbia told Politika daily.
Asked, if it means that the EU enlargement strategy for the Western Balkans would be adopted without consent from Madrid, the daily was told that Spain does not take part in adopting the strategy. The Embassy added, it is a document of the European Commission that would be presented today and “then a debate would follow,” Serbian media reported.The EU will on Tuesday officially unveil its enlargement strategy for the Western Balkans, which has been speculated about for days.
Montenegrin Prime Minister Dusko Martinovic says his country "wants to see Kosovo in the EU and in NATO."