The Foreign Policy Committee of the European Parliament demanded that the continuation of negotiations on Serbia’s integration into the European Union (EU) be linked to Belgrade’s accession to sanctions against Russia, Kommersant reports.
According to the newspaper, Serbia came under such pressure after the publication of the European Commission’s 2022 report on negotiations with Belgrade, which notes a “significant drop” in the level of coherence of the republic’s foreign policy with that of the EU – over the past two years it has fallen from 64 to 45 percent. At the same time, Serbia remains the only EU candidate that has not joined the anti-Russian sanctions.
The publication notes that the tough demands of the West had an effect and persuaded Serbia to the European choice. Last week, she supported an anti-Russian UN resolution condemning Moscow for holding referendums and joining the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DNR and LNR), Kherson and Zaporozhye regions.
At the same time, the rhetoric of the Serbian authorities has also changed.
