EU has its preferences
Wanting to see the pro-European Mr Tadic re-elected, the EU has been looking for ways to give a subtle boost to the candidate.
This week it decided to propose to Serbia an interim political agreement to be signed on 7 February, offering closer trade relations, relaxed visa requirements and educational cooperation.
The bloc denied the move was an attempt to interfere in the country's elections.
"We are of course on the side of those who want an EU future for Serbia," Slovenian foreign minister Dimitrij Rupel, whose country currently holds the rotating EU presidency, told MEPs on Tuesday (29 January).
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