08.01.08: EU presidency to push for closer ties with Serbia - The Diigo Meta page

• 09 Jan 08
  

  Prof. Dr Wolfgang Schumann

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  • Slovenia, currently at the helm of the European Union, is set to push for signature of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) - the first step to EU membership - with Belgrade in January.
  • Mr Rupel also announced the EU bloc would set up a special "task force" aimed at helping Serbia to speed up its progress towards the agreement, including the country's "even greater cooperation" with the International Crime Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).
  • Serbia's situation has been further politically complicated by the upcoming presidential race.
  • The EU is now setting its hopes on the re-election of current president Boris Tadic from the pro-European Democratic Party, but it is expected that he will be competing neck-and-neck with Tomislav Nikolic, vice-president of the Serbian Radical Party, the main opposition force.

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