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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9979

18 September 2009
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/serbia
Olli Rehn recommends Belgrade wait before asking to join EU - Emergency budgetary aid of €100 million

Brussels, 17/09/2009 (Agence Europe) - Serbia should wait before making its request to join the EU (announced by Belgrade for end of year) until its interim Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) is in force, Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said on Thursday 17 September. The interim agreement, which anticipates the trade chapter of the SAA (signed but not yet ratified) is still blocked by the Netherlands, which reproaches the Serb authorities with not fully cooperating with the...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS
SPECIAL EDITION
INFORMAL MEETING OF EU HEADS OF STATE OR GOVERNMENT
17 SEPTEMBER 2009