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Eastern dimension and the Balkans / Activity Brief

Serbia's Troublesome Road to Democracy

19/06/2007 By Publicaciones FRIDE

On 14 June 2007 FRIDE organised a roundtable on ‘Serbia’s troublesome road to democracy’.

This was held with a number of developments in mind. First, one month ago European headlines warned,‘Serbian democracy enters danger zone’. The Serbian Parliament chose the stand-in leader of the Radical Party as its chairman. Fortunately this situation lasted only a few days until a new coalition government took office.

Second, Serbia’s cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) is still crucial for its relations with the EU. Talks on a Stability and Association Agreement (SAA) between the EU and Serbia have been relaunched
while General Ratko Mladic is not yet in The Hague.

Third, it is not possible to separate Serbia’s political development from the Kosovo issue.

Fourth, Spain is chairing the OSCE this year. This exercise was also meant to discuss Spanish foreign policy towards Serbia and its views on the Kosovo status with special emphasis on Spain’s increased role as Chairman in Office of the OSCE.

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Democracy EU Kosovo Serbia Western Balkans

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