The European Parliament's Foreign Policy Committee adopted a report on the new enlargement strategy, which, among other things, calls for negotiations with Serbia not to continue until Belgrade complies with European sanctions against Russia. EP reporter for Vladimir Bilčik told Serbian Radio and Television (RTS) that it is not about "pressure", but that Serbia is expected to confirm its choice for membership in the European Union.
He says that the negotiations with Serbia will not be frozen, but "in order to open new chapters and clusters, Serbia will need very clear decisions".
"In order for the negotiations on Serbia's membership to really progress, we need a clear signal that Serbia is serious when it talks about its European path and that it is working with us." That's why alignment with foreign policy is a critical issue", explained Bilchik, and that this is "the period when the history of Europe is being written", that "Russia is losing this war", that "Europe will win", and that Europe would "want for Serbia to be on the winning side".
In a report supported by the European Parliament's Foreign Policy Committee, it is stated that "the EU should make it a priority to align candidate countries with foreign policy and continue negotiations with Serbia only if it aligns with EU sanctions against Russia and achieves significant progress in reforms related to the road to the EU".
Non-alignment with the EU has its price
The author of the report of the European Parliament's Foreign Policy Committee on the enlargement of the European Union, Tonino Picula, said that "non-alignment with the EU's foreign policy has its political and financial cost."
"Now it is up to Belgrade to 'read' this political signal from the European Parliament and adapt to it." It should be known that on the European continent, only three countries have not imposed sanctions on Russia: Turkey, Belarus and Serbia," said Picula, and that "with such a low level of compliance with the common foreign policy, the question arises whether Serbia really wants to be a member of the EU." .
Those wicked Ustashas
Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Serbia Alexander Vulin This time he did not remain in debt either, so he declared: "If blackmail is a European value, then Picula is a true representative of such a European Union."
Vulin referred to the Croatian MP's amendment to the EP's report on EU enlargement, which requires Serbia to comply with the EU's foreign policy and impose sanctions on Russia, or else it will not advance on the European path, which was adopted by the EP's Foreign Policy Committee.
"If the evils of the Ustasha are the views of the European Union, then Tonino Picula is the true face of the European Union." If the European Union wants to force Serbia to impose sanctions on Russia by blackmail, then the European Union is an alliance of countries that had divisions under Stalingrad," the Ministry of Internal Affairs announced the words of Minister Vulin.
MN/FoNet
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