European Parliament (EP) will ask the European Union (EU) to suspend accession negotiations with Serbia until Serbia imposes sanctions on Russia, media reports.
New EU document published; "Stop everything with Serbia. Immediately"
European Parliament (EP) will ask the European Union (EU) to suspend accession negotiations with Serbia until Serbia imposes sanctions on Russia, media reports.
Source: B92, RFE
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"Priority should be given to the harmonization of accession countries with the EU's common foreign and security policy and continue accession negotiations with Serbia only if the country complies with EU sanctions against Russia," the draft report states.
Members of the EP will discuss this document at the session of the Foreign Policy Committee on October 13, and the final version of the draft will be in the form of a resolution of the European Parliament. The vote on the resolution is expected in November, RFE reports. EP resolutions are not legally binding on member states or other European institutions.
The European Social Democrats, the second largest grouping in the EP, have already announced that they believe that the EU cannot continue accession negotiations with Serbia without imposing sanctions on Russia and announced that this will be included in the upcoming enlargement report.
Serbia is the only country in the region that has not imposed sanctions on Russia
Since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, the European Union has regularly asked Serbia to impose sanctions on Russia in accordance with EU decisions, because candidate countries for EU membership should gradually harmonize their foreign policy with the policy of the European Union, including sanctions.
Serbia is the only country in the region that has not imposed sanctions on Russia, while the other countries of the Western Balkans have harmonized all their policies with those of the EU.
Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Serbia and Russia, Nikola Selakoviæ and Sergej Lavrov, signed the Consultations Plan of their ministries for the period 2023-2024 in New York last week, on the sidelines of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
European Union reacted by pointing out that it is "seriously concerned" about the signing of this document and that Serbia thereby sends a message "that it intends to strengthen cooperation with Russia". Serbia has been negotiating EU membership since 2014.
The rule of law, as well as relations with Kosovo, are considered key elements that determine the progress of the accession process. However, since the start of the war in Ukraine on February 24, relations with Russia have also become important and will be key to the decision to open new chapters.
This is great news.
Come on EU, get on with it and suspend Serbia. In fact suspend us for the next 100 years....please.
Message to Brussels, hear us loud and clear.......WE DO NOT WANT EU MEMBERSHIP..
And while you are at it please give Albos visa free travel. That way K+M will empty of Albos very fast.
But I know thats asking too much. Cant really blame EU nations because they have enough Albo illegals, far too many Albos in their jails and their drug problems are already mega via Albanian dealers.......
(OSMANIS XXX LARGE KNICKERS, 28 September 2022 19:01)
That will make it easy for Serbia now to move away with making deals with Pristina) it is great news to hear that Serbia will not need to obey its future master Brussels like the other countries in Europe) No more listening to Ursula and her opinion))
(Sydney Man, 28 September 2022 19:13)
All Serbia has to do is tell the EU they are not interested, however, that certainly does not appear to be the case. Ignore what the rabid idiot and his many alter egos have to say since, obviously, sj has multiple personalities, OSMANIS being only one of many.
(Thoma, 28 September 2022 22:12)
Finally, we can put this nightmare of EU to bed.
So sad we handed our heroes over to the scum because of EU aspirations which I knew right from the start were wrong and not in our best interests.
If we have learned anything the lives of our heroes might not have been in vain.
(Peggy, 29 September 2022 00:49)
So much for the EU being a common market/economic union.It's just a fig leaf for an un-elected European superstate that is some sort of political union shaped by the Germans and their 4th Reich where the smaller states do as they are told.No wonder the UK left and common sense tells Serbia don't join,it'll disintegrate eventually anyway as the 3rd one did!!
(Bozz, 29 September 2022 01:23)
All Serbia has to do is tell the EU they are not interested, however, that certainly does not appear to be the case. Ignore what the rabid idiot and his many alter egos have to say since, obviously, sj has multiple personalities, OSMANIS being only one of many.
(Thoma, 28 September 2022 22:12)
To Thomas)
Serbian population has been saying it for over 5 years they are not interested)
Serbian government is interested along as the EU donations money keeps coming yo Belgrade)) it's the sane interests Belgrade has with Russia ,China ,USA and Emirates)) while they are giving money ,Belgrade is interested)) Once they are nit giving money to Serbian government, then Belgrade is no longer interested in listening ))
EU soon will be broke and crumble ) let's see after the winter what happens with the EU ?? Can EU survive without gas ,petrol and minerals from Russua for next 18 months ,especially EU big business)HAHAHA ,it will be a big stubborn lesson learned in supporting your master USA over Ukraine, HAHAH
(Sydney Man, 29 September 2022 05:30)
America and the European Union ARE Going to Try to Steal Kosovo Even MORE Now; because of those Underground Nuclear Shelters at Camp Bondsteel; whereas, they Really Should be Using Serbia to Help Mend Fences with Russia.
People Everywhere, ARE Waking Up to the FACT that the coronavirus HOAX; with its Poisonous Lethal Depopulation Injections (Decepively called “vaccines”); ARE Deliberately Causing Young Girls to Become Sterile; Women to Have Miscarages; and People to Get Cancer; and it is because Many Mass Murderering Rulers Want to SIGNIFICANTLY Lower the Population with this Genocide; While Globalist Satanic Monsters, and Many Puppet Satanic Governments Following the Invisible Devil’s Orders Pretend to Care for People; Whereas the Injection is How People Get the Infection, and this is How they Cunningly Murder Many People.
The History of the Human Race is one of GREAT EVIL; and this is NO Different; and Now these Satanic Rulers YEARN for a QUICK and PAINLESS Death, and as Satanists they KNOW that if they can Make the World Like Sodom and Gomorrah; then God WILL Give them, and the Rest of the Wicked Unrepentant Humans; the QUICK and PAINLESS Death that they CRAVE For (Genesis Chapter 19); and this is Why America HATES those who Favour Family Values; While Allowing People FREEDOM (Revelation 22:11); and American Leaders HATE the American Constitution; and ARE Working HARD to MAKE America an Anal/Paedophile Depraved Deviant Tyranny!
(Yet Another J S, 29 September 2022 07:17)
"EP resolutions are not legally binding on member states or other European institutions."
It is that much power the EP has: Very little. They can't even initiate legislation. Only the EC can do that and only a few commissioners can propose new legislation. The EP then just rubber stamps it in order to provide some legitimacy. They usually vote in favor for anything the EC proposes. There is this famous video where the laws that were put to vote were changed in order and nobody knew what they were voting on but the vote still went ahead and approved. Farage and others of the UKIP threw their hands in the air in disbelief.
MEP are just a bunch of high paid yes-man and yes-women, created to make it look like that everything the EU does has legitimacy. That short of thing you see in 3rd world dictatorships.
(Joe A, 29 September 2022 07:59)
Sydney Woman,
But, who will protect you from Russia when they put a bear hug on Serbia. Serbs don’t have enough food, but Russia is worse off. Vucic is constantly is traveling, with hat in hand, to anywhere except Russia where he can get help and disagrees with b92 local yokels : OSMONAS, sj, Sydney man, etc.
(Edwina Torkov, 29 September 2022 11:30)
(Thoma, 28 September 2022 22:12)
First if you’re implying that I post as OSMANIS, I don’t. That is a different person who has similar views as I do. Serbia gets money from the EU so why would they openly say they are not interested? Whilst ever the cow is giving milk you don’t take it to the knackery. The vast majority of Serbian people have no desire to join the EU and that is a card that the Serbian leadership will play at the right time.
Anyone who does not take advantage of the EU is a fool. Its how you play they game, boy. You get money but never join the EU. You will have a great opportunity to see the EU mask ripped off soon and all that BS about human rights, freedom of speech and democracy will vanish. Watch as they set the police on demonstrators or even send out the military.
What is Serbia going to gain in joining the EU? Nothing. All that happens is you join a dictatorship. Didn’t Ursual von leylen threaten Italy if they elected the wrong party to power they have tools to make them pay?????? They are already with holding money to Hungary.
The Albos love the US. OK but what has the US done for the Albos? Nothing at all. You have to only look at Ukraine and that’s what the Albos will ends up like. Cannon fodder for the US and when this over the US will walk away to seek new killing fields. Notice that no visa free travel for Albos? Why? Because Kosovo would be empty within 6 months. The EU does not care about Albos either.
Best news ever.
(sj, 29 September 2022 13:06)
Although each of us our own opinions, you can tell for the commentators here, mainly Serbs how close to Russia and Putin they are. They don't like EU...why not let Serbia to Russia?
(EA, 29 September 2022 15:24)
2 faced Serbs pretending they don’t care about EU but they love the money they getting from EU. Who is stopping serbia to withdraw the application for EU if they hate it that much?
PS: Don’t give me the bull*** that only Alexander Vucic wants to join EU, otherwise why vote for him “overwhelming” when you knew he wants EU.
(Mendo, 29 September 2022 15:47)
👍👍👍🍻🍻🍻 Time for Serbia to celebrate, take it to the streets to send Brussels a message.
(Al, 29 September 2022 03:45)
Didn't you hear Vucic speaking about this? After this sanctions will follow, and of course without visas no Serb can go to EU. Serbia will become Europe's North Korea very soon.
(Hmm, 29 September 2022 18:47)
Who is going to assist Serbia after Putin goes to prison as Russia’s economy is imploding thanks to little Vlad. China is in a severe recession with a record number of people without work. What about Iran, another supporter of Serbia, it appears the country is about to revolt after a young woman died from violence by the morality police. That’s what happens to women for not having their scarf on correctly. Regime change is coming for Serbia’s supporting countries.
(Happy Wanda, 29 September 2022 20:31)
Who is going to assist Serbia after Putin goes to prison as Russia’s economy is imploding thanks to little Vlad. China is in a severe recession with a record number of people without work. What about Iran, another supporter of Serbia, it appears the country is about to revolt after a young woman died from violence by the morality police. That’s what happens to women for not having their scarf on correctly. Regime change is coming for Serbia’s supporting countries.
(Happy Wanda, 29 September 2022 20:31)
Who is going to assist Serbia after Putin goes to prison as Russia’s economy is imploding thanks to little Vlad. China is in a severe recession with a record number of people without work. What about Iran, another supporter of Serbia, it appears the country is about to revolt after a young woman died from violence by the morality police. That’s what happens to women for not having their scarf on correctly. Regime change is coming for Serbia’s supporting countries.
(Happy Wanda, 29 September 2022 20:40)
I love it, more than 80% of Serbian people do not want to join EU. That's it, keep threatening us and drive us further away from you clowns. Vucic, invite Russia to build a 25,000 troop military base in Serbia. Maybe even China too. Nobbody going to mess with you. Form a Balkan Confederation.
(Mike Sujdovic, 30 September 2022 04:03)