At this pace Serbia needs 12 years to close chapters with EU

Former Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Susan Grubjesic returned to public life by appointing European Movement Secretary General in Serbia.

She has said Serbia, if it continues at the current pace, will take six years to open all negotiating chapters with the EU, and 12 to close.

Therefore, it is important to accelerate the process so that the 2023, close all chapters and sign the EU accession treaty, which the Member States have ratified year and a half or two,” said Susan Grubjesic, who is the former deputy prime minister in charge of European integration.

She said all of this under the assumption that the EU in February emerged with the enlargement strategy, which was declared in 2025 as a possible admission of membership for the two Western Balkan countries, which are more advanced in the integration process of Serbia and Montenegro, writes Serbian media, broadcast Indexline.

She found that the biggest obstacle to this is dialogue with Pristina, which he says, according to some scenarios, should be completed by the end of the term Federica Moghrini, and by the end of 2019.

She declared that the second obstacles in chapters 23 and 24 were related to justice and fundamental rights, justice, freedom and security.

The implementation of the law is the main pillar of European integration, and the counting of adopted laws, strategies and action plans will not matter as much as de-politicisation of the judiciary, the fight against corruption and organised crime,”, she said.

She added that in the best case, Serbia should be allowed to open all chapters for which it is ready, stating they are preparing three chapters and she expects to open more chapters than last year.