Ana Brnabic (BETAPHOTO/MILOS MISKOV)
Ana Brnabic, the speaker of the Serbian parliament, said at a conference of the parliament speakers of South East European countries in Budapest on Feb. 27 that membership in the European Union remained the best framework for stability, development and democratic transformation for the Western Balkan region.
Speaking at a panel discussion about the State of Enlargement in the South East Europe Region, she said that there was a lot left for Serbia to fulfill, especially with respect to reforms in the rule of law and alignment with EU security and foreign policy.
"We in Serbia remain firmly committed to our shared European future," Brnabic said. Stressing that enlargement must be maintained as a just and predictable process, she also spoke about the "expectations, promises and commitments" that the EU had not met.
Brnabic said the EU must understand that the Western Balkans was not "an external area waiting to be integrated one day" and that "the Western Balkans is already part of the European political, cultural and economic reality."
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