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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9837

11 February 2009
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/serbia
Opinions differ over request for accession announced for end OF June - Belgrade hopes visas will be liberalised by end of year

Brussels, 10/02/2009 (Agence Europe) - Serbia intends to present its request for EU membership by 30 June despite the negative opinion of the Commission which recommends that Belgrade wait for implementation of the interim stabilisation and association agreement (SAA), currently blocked by the Netherlands. “We will apply for membership during the Czech Presidency independently of whether the interim SAA is unblocked or not”, said Serb Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Daèiæ, speaking to the...

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