The European Commission has given Serbia and Montenegro the thumbs up to start talks on a Stabilisation and Accession Agreement (SAA) with the EU, in a feasibility study out Tuesday (12 April).
The agreement would form the first legal step on the road to accession. But Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn declined to speculate on a date for full membership.
The Commission hopes to obtain member states' blessing on the SAA before the tenth anniversary of the Dayton Peace Accord in D...
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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.