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Belgrade: the capture of Mladic remains the key to EU integration (Photo: Wikipedia)

Serbia - as capable as Croatia, but doing as badly as Albania

After Croatia, Serbia is the Western Balkan country which is the most capable of making progress toward European Union membership. According to EU diplomats and officials from the European Commission, in some fields Belgrade is performing even better then Zagreb. But the painful reality is that, despite its potential, Serbia is trailing all its neighbours in the process of EU integration. The only exception is Kosovo, which Serbia does not officially consider as a neighbour.

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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.

Belgrade: the capture of Mladic remains the key to EU integration (Photo: Wikipedia)

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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.

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