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"en.20120329.36.4-247-000"2
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"Madam President, I supported the report. The future of the Serbs lies in Europe. This is also a question of stability in Europe. Serbia’s rapprochement with the European Union will benefit the entire Western Balkans region. The wars that were waged when Yugoslavia broke up still haunt Serbian society, but the youngest generation has grown up during a time of peace and wants a Serbia that is close to Europe.
The EU’s policy of unconditionality may, in the worst case, lead to dampening enthusiasm for Europe among the Serbians, and Europe cannot afford this. The Council should grant Serbia candidate country status. Serbia is well on the way towards European integration, both politically and economically, and it is leading the way in the whole of the Western Balkans region. As with the other Balkan countries, Serbia’s gradual integration into the European Union is the surest guarantee of peace in that region and in the future, and, at this critical time, this would also reinforce the Union’s own identity, one that has got lost, as a harbinger of peace and social justice."@en1
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