Deputy Head of the EU Delegation Oskar Benedikt called on young people in Serbia to take an active part during their country’s EU accession process. Addressing the participants of “Youth and European Integration” Info Day, held at the Centre for the Promotion of Science, Benedikt said that European Union enabled its citizens to move and find employment freely which were among the advantages taken mostly by young people.
In his first visit to Serbia as the European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn said his goal was to prepare the country for full EU membership, “not only to transpose the acquies into the national regulation” but “to push and promote its economy” and implement the laws. Serbia should see the European Commission as its partner, Hahn said, vowing to work hard towards “the final goal that Serbia joins the EU as soon as possible.”
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.
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.
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.
Belgrade and Pristina have made further progress in the normalisation of their relations, the spokesperson of High Representative Federica Mogherrini said in a statement.
Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport visited Novi Sad where he met with City and Province’s political leadership, held a lecture on EU-Serbia relations, participated in a broader discussion on the subject of newly elected European Commission’s approach to enlargement process, and attended the ceremony celebrating 10th anniversary of European Movement in Novi Sad.
The visit of Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama to Serbia is a step forward and starts a new phase in the relations between the two countries, High Representative for foreign policy and Vice President of European Commission Federica Mogherini’s spokesperson said in a statement.
