European Parliament supports granting of candidate status to Serbia in March

Members of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament supported Thursday the Draft resolution on Serbia's progress in the process of European integration, which invites the European Council to grant Serbia the candidate status for EU membership in March, it was announced on the Serbian government's website. Rapporteur for Serbia Jelko Kacin presented the Draft resolution to the Committee and advocated that, apart from granting of the candidate status to Serbia, the date of commencement of negotiations for EU accession should be set as well.

Kacin told reporters after the debate in the European Parliament that he was satisfied with the reception of the Draft resolution.

We expect that on March 1st, when the Foreign Affairs Committee will adopt the amended text of the resolution, this will positively influence the European Council, which will decide on Serbia's candidacy on the same day, he said.

Members of the Committee will submit amendments to the text of the resolution by the end of January and will discuss them on February 29th. The final version of the document will be voted for by the Committee on March 1st.

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