German official: Kosovo is not Serbia's only challenge towards EU

Kosovo is not Serbia's only challenge facing EU membership.

So said EU Commission for Affairs Chairman Gunther Krichbaum.

He stressed that relations between Kosovo and Serbia must be fully normalised before the country joins the EU.

Serbia's EU membership is impossible without normalising relations with Kosovo. However, this is not Serbia's only challenge”, Krichbaum has said of the Serbian daily “Politika”, Coha.net broadcasts.

The German official has said that implementing reforms related to rule of law in Serbia is equally important. The country, he said, still has work to do about the independent judicial system, media freedom and the fight against corruption and organised crime.