Brussels may request something we cannot fulfill
Serbia's First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Sunday he hopes it is possible to reach a compromise and a deal in the talks with Pristina, but also expressed concern that the EU may request something Serbia cannot fulfill.
(kosovocompromisestuff) Monday, March 18, 2013
"I would define it like this - I hope that a compromise is possible but I am afraid that they will ask something from us that is impossible," the deputy prime minister told Belgrade-based Pink TV.
Commenting on a date for the start of the EU accession talks, he said that one should take a good look at Serbia first and see how poor we are and how big economic problems we have, stressing that 50 percent of the trade is with EU member states.
"We need to understand that we need to change ourselves and that modernization needs to be our key goal. We are not hiding anything and if we do not get a date, we will say why we did not get it," Vucic said and pointed out that the EU has noted that Serbia has done a lot of work and made progress, not only regarding the issue of Kosovo but also regarding its standards, the rule of law and other fields.
