Press Release: EU is committed to Serbia’s European perspective

Johannes Hahn, the European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations met on the 18 November 2014 in Brussels Ivica Dačić, the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, and discussed about the professionalism and high level of commitment of Serbia throughout the negotiation process and acknowledged the substantial progress Serbia has made in recent past on its path towards EU membership.

Separately, EurActiv reported in January 2015 the results of a poll carried out by Ipsos Strategic Marketing for the Beta News Agency on Serbian attitudes towards the EU.

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