Serbia does not yet seem ready to open its third cluster of accession chapters. At least, that was the view of many of the EU27 permanent representatives to the EU on Monday 25 November, following a lengthy discussion on the subject at Coreper II.
A draft official letter, proposed by the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the EU, asked Serbia to prepare a position on the opening of the next phase of accession negotiations, ‘Cluster III’, which covers competitiveness and inclusive...