EU foreign ministers have decided to submit the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) with Serbia to member states' parliaments for ratification. But, at their monthly meeting, they postponed another important step Serbia had been hoping for: Belgrade's membership application was still kept on hold and was not yet forwarded to the European Commission for its official assessment, the so called "avis." \n \nSpeaking to WAZ.EUobserver, Italian foreign minister Franco Frattini identified ...
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Already a member? Login hereAndrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.
Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.