EU Danube Strategy unlikely to bring big money to Serbia

The EU is currently preparing a special "Strategy for the Danube Region" but hopes that it will see big money being made available to Serbia are likely to be disappointed.

Serbian political leaders until a few months ago regularly voiced optimism the country would be able to tap into large amounts of EU funds once Serbia had obtained EU candidate status. Such claims have subsided and with reason.

First, no additional money is foreseen under EU rules for countries when they offici...