Emanuele Giaufret (BETAPHOTO/MILAN OBRADOVIC)
Emanuele Giaufret, head of the European Union Delegation to Belgrade, on Oct. 17 delivered the annual European Commission report on Serbia's progress to Serbian Speaker Vladimir Orlic, noting that the document stressed the need for progressive alignment with common EU foreign and security policy.
Giaufret said the report emphasized the need for further work and political commitment in order to continue and deepen reforms and remove flaws, especially in the key areas of justice, curbing corruption and organized crime, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly and processing war crimes before domestic courts, the EU Info Network reported.
Giaufret underscored that Serbia should pass laws needed to apply constitutional amendments in practice according to the planned timeline with a view to strengthening the independence of the justice system and prosecutors, and combating undue influence.
He also said that the report praised the improvements made to the electoral framework through the implementation of measures identified during inter-party dialog and certain recommendations of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.
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