EU states to agree Serbia’s candidacy for membership

EU countries will agree this week to make Serbia a candidate to join the bloc after it resolved some long standing differences with its former province of Kosovo last week.

EU states to agree   Serbia’s candidacy for membership

Granting Serbia EU candidate status is a crucial step towards opening formal accession talks. The negotiation process is aimed at harmonising Serbia’s legislation with EU standards and will take years to conclude.

“It’s done; the conditions set have been met,” French foreign minister Alain Juppe said at a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels.

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