"The European Commission president was in Serbia as part of her tour of the Western Balkans to discuss EU enlargement with candidate countries in the region. That day, she invited Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic to come to Brussels a month later so that the two could "take stock together." That was October; this is December. According to multiple sources who spoke to DW, the meeting was postponed because Serbia had no progress to report."
"In response to a DW inquiry, a Commission spokesperson said that in addition to these areas, Serbia is expected to "invest more effort and make compromises to advance the normalization of relations with Kosovo and address disinformation and foreign manipulation of information." "Serbia should step up its efforts towards a more stable and higher alignment and reassure us of its strategic direction, including through aligning with EU restrictive measures taken in light of Russia's war of aggression again"
A Brussels meeting with Serbia was postponed due to a lack of reported progress and has been rescheduled for December. EU assessment of Serbia will focus on improving media freedom, ensuring free and fair elections, and aligning foreign policy with the EU, as set out in a 2024 submission. The Commission expects Serbia to invest more effort and make compromises to normalize relations with Kosovo and to address disinformation and foreign manipulation of information. Serbia is also expected to increase alignment with EU restrictive measures related to Russia's war of aggression and to clarify its strategic direction.
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