Tepic: EP elections before closing of chapters would be proof the EU wants us

NEWS 24.11.202215:45
Marinika Tepić
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Party of Freedom and Justice (SSP) deputy leader Marinika Tepic said that “the organizing of elections for the European Parliament (EP) before the closing of chapters, that is, as soon as possible, in all European Union (EU) candidate countries whose representatives would be elected to the EP and would have the right to speak but no voting rights would be proof that the EU wants us.”

Tepic took over Thursday as chair of the EU-Serbia Stabilization and Association Parliamentary Committee (SAPC).

“If in the process of Serbia’s accession the EU constantly had additional conditions and requests and if it stepped outside of the basic negotiating framework when the negotiations opened, then it can also step out today so as to send a clear message to the citizens of Serbia that they can count on us. This is particularly important because of the never lower support for the EU in Serbia,“ said Tepic.

She noted that Serbian Parliament deputy speaker Borko Stefanovic submitted to the Serbian Parliament a draft resolution on aligning Serbia’s foreign policy with that of the EU, with the intention of opening a discussion on the introduction of restrictive measures against Russia.