Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that the European Union has never provided his country with the same aid as Ukraine. He was also skeptical about the possible expansion of the EU by 2030.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic believes that his country has never received the same level of support from the European Union as Ukraine. We are talking about promises made to Kiev to be granted EU candidate status within a year of application and the potential start of membership negotiations. He said this in an interview with the Financial Times.
According to Vucic, his country is in a much better situation than when Romania and Bulgaria joined the EU in 2007. He made skeptical comments about the EU’s expansion plans until 2030.
“Who knows what will happen in seven years? The EU’s absorptive capacity is no greater than it was before. You have 10 net payers and 17 countries receiving their money. None of them want to have more members to spend money.” , said the President of Serbia.
Let’s remember that Serbia applied for EU membership in 2010 and negotiations started in 2014. But they have stalled due to reluctance to normalize relations with Kosovo.
On 30 August, the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, supported the idea of setting indicative dates for the accession of new states. According to him, the EU should be prepared for the fact that ten new states may join it. However, he did not specify which countries he was talking about.
Previously Focus He wrote that Hungary may block the negotiation process on Ukraine’s accession to the EU in December, using the issue of national minorities, which it has been speculating about for a long time, as an excuse. Kiev is ready to make concessions and make changes to legislation to avoid a possible conflict. However, first of all, it needs to be negotiated with Hungary and Romania, which have put forward some demands regarding the rights of ethnic minorities in Ukraine.
Moreover Focus According to media reports, the European Union will impose sanctions on diamonds coming from the Russian Federation. According to unofficial data, this could happen as early as autumn 2023.
Source: Focus
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