Belgrade will have to sanction Russia in order to join the Brussels bloc, Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos has said
Serbia will need to sanction Russia in order to eventually join the EU, European Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos has said.
The Brussels official spelled out that condition just days after Serbia’s opposition Student List movement secured 52.5% of the vote in the snap parliamentary election, defeating former Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic. While conceding defeat, Vucic warned of renewed EU pressure on Belgrade to impose economic restrictions on Moscow, which he had consistently refused to do citing key trading and cultural ties.
In an interview with Polish broadcaster TVP World on Tuesday, Kos was asked if it was possible for Serbia to become an EU member if it also refrained from slapping curbs on Moscow. Brussels has introduced 22 sanctions packages against Russia since February 2022.
She replied by saying the EU demands “strategic alignment” from possible new EU members as part of its pre-accession review.
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