Dialogue postpones Fuele's report
European Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele says the adoption of his report on Serbia and Kosovo, which was to be presented to members of the European Commission collegium Tuesday, has been postponed because of another round of dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina.
(kosovocompromisestuff) Wednesday, April 17, 2013
The report was discussed but it was not adopted, Fuele told a news conference in Strasbourg.
The commissioner explained the delay saying the Commission wants any agreement that Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic and Kosovo's Prime Minister Hasim Taci reach on Wednesday to be included in the final version of the report.
The collegium will decide on this issue after an agreement is reached, said Fuele, adding he believes there will be an agreement on Wednesday.
It is in the interest of Serbia and Kosovo, and the EU as well, he said.
The European Parliament was scheduled to debate Serbia's progress in European integration on Wednesday, but this debate is now also in question after the news that EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton will meet with Dacic and Taci for another round of talks in Brussels on Wednesday.
The upcoming round is Serbia's last chance to meet the European Council's requirements if it wants to get a date for starting accession talks with the EU in June.
In December last year, the Council made visible and sustainable progress in the relations of Belgrade and Pristina a condition of Serbia getting the date.
The commissioner explained the delay saying the Commission wants any agreement that Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic and Kosovo's Prime Minister Hasim Taci reach on Wednesday to be included in the final version of the report.
The collegium will decide on this issue after an agreement is reached, said Fuele, adding he believes there will be an agreement on Wednesday.
It is in the interest of Serbia and Kosovo, and the EU as well, he said.
The European Parliament was scheduled to debate Serbia's progress in European integration on Wednesday, but this debate is now also in question after the news that EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton will meet with Dacic and Taci for another round of talks in Brussels on Wednesday.
The upcoming round is Serbia's last chance to meet the European Council's requirements if it wants to get a date for starting accession talks with the EU in June.
In December last year, the Council made visible and sustainable progress in the relations of Belgrade and Pristina a condition of Serbia getting the date.
