[ad_1]
Just on Friday, when Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić and European Commission President Ursula von der Layen, among other things, spoke about the EU integration process, an announcement on Twitter followed that could confirm the rumors from Brussels. As has been speculated for some time, 2020 could be remembered for Serbia as a year in which there were no new chapters opening. While some of the public is unpleasantly surprised by the news and the way it was published, there are opinions that someone in the EU is closely following what is happening in Serbia.
After assuring Ursula von der Layen, at least judging by the announcement by the Serbian government, that the methodology adopted by Serbia will speed up the accession process, MEP Viola von Cramon said on Twitter that the good news was that Serbia would not open new chapters.
“Good news! The European Council and the European Commission will not open new negotiating chapters with Serbia. The state of democracy in Serbia has deteriorated in 2020. Attacks on the media, violent response to peaceful protests and serious elections problems. That is not the way to enter the EU! “he wrote.
Inadvertent outburst of MEPs: with these words, in a written statement for Tanjug, a member of the SNS Main Board, Petar Petković, reacted.
“Such an outburst has not been registered in European parliamentarism since the founding of the Joint Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community in 1952, especially considering that the end of World War II put an end to the idea of essential hatred to the peoples and nations. ” it relativizes, “he said.
Nothing new, say those who closely follow the accession process.
“I understood this as rejoicing over the preservation of the credibility of the enlargement process. A country that has problems with democracy and the rule of law cannot be rewarded with the opening of new chapters,” said Nikola Burazer, executive editor of the European portal from the Western Balkans.
The executive editor of the European Western Balkans portal believes that the opening of a chapter is a symbolic gesture rather than an important step towards membership, and that Serbia has already been seen getting a slap in the face and that there is no equally acute reaction to it. part of the officials of the European Commission.
“It would be quite good if the European Union communicated better everything we talked about and if it were much clearer why Serbia does not open these chapters. Yes, in addition to these things that come as a kind of rumors or messages from parliament, we would see The unequivocal message from the European Commission that Serbia cannot open new chapters until the state of democracy in the country improves, which would be much clearer to everyone why this is happening and would be a very clear message of what is wrong in Serbia and why, how are things. “Serbia has no prospect of membership,” Burazer said.
And the fact that there are no official reactions to unofficial news from Brussels in Serbia, Nikola Burazer sees it as a good thing, but for the government that is in favor of ignoring the issue and says that there are other problems in the European Union, that he is not ready to deal with Serbia. take the next step.
[ad_2]
