On 20 November 2014, Johannes Hahn, the European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, will pay official visit to Serbia aimed at showing that the enlargement policy has not changed.
The European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn and High Representative for Foreign Policy and Security Federica Mogherini discussed in Brussels with Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić Serbia’s progress in EU accession process, a need to further normalise ties with Kosovo, but also a necessity that Belgrade aligns its foreign policy with the EU.
The European Union Foreign Affairs Council discussed the situation in Ukraine, urging “all parties to fully implement the Minsk documents” and “in particular for respect of the cease-fire, the withdrawal of all illegal forces and military equipment, as well as for securing the Ukrainian-Russian border.”
The European Commission welcomes the results of the G20 summit in Brisbane, Australia (15-16 November 2014) as they help to put the global economy on a sustainable growth path. The EU has been instrumental in achieving these results, the Commission said in a statement.
Federica Mogherini, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Christos Stylianides, Commisioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management, condemned the murder of a US aid worker and a number of Syrians, vowing that the EU would spare no effort to bring to justice all perpetrators of human rights abuses and tackle the threat posed by ISIL and other terrorist organisations in Syria and Iraq.
Commissioner Johannes Hahn, in charge of European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, will visit Belgrade in his new capacity on 20 November. He visited Serbia to assess floods damage in May.
The European Union, a full member of G20 group along with four of its member states – France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom will push for an agreement on a consistent set of growth strategies at the G20 summit in Brisbane (Australia), to be held on November 15-16. At the first G20 summit to focus on supporting economic recovery after years of fighting with global crisis the EU should also work towards strong resultsto deliver outcomes on resilience – completing corefinancial reforms and actions on tax and anti-corruption as well as strengthening cooperation with G20 partners on trade and energy.
Reconstruction process on private houses for over 750 families in 23 municipalities mostly affected by the floods is well underway. This includes reconstruction works and construction of new homes which is funded by the European Union with 5.7 million Euros. Depending upon weather conditions, the completion of this intervention is expected in December 2014 – January 2015.
Deputy Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Oskar Benedikt called Serbia to make strategic use of opportunities offered by new EU’s educational programme Erasmus+, presented at the National Erasmus+ Information Day.
The European Parliament, in cooperation with the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, organises an Inter-parliamentary Conference on the CIVIC REPRESENTATION AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION OF NATIONAL AND ETHNIC MINORITIES with Members of the European Parliament and Members of Parliaments of EU Pre-Accession Countries in Belgrade on 20 – 21 November 2014.
