tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post8747889097994221286..comments2023-01-25T17:23:04.867+01:00xronoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13107445158803745642[email protected]Blogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409482909880290151.post-24785977290015335042014-04-28T22:27:09.003+02:002014-04-28T22:27:09.003+02:00EU High Representative / Vice – President at the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia ....<br /><br />Madame Speaker, Prime Minister, Honourable Members of Parliament,<br /><br />Can I thank you so much for the warm welcome that you have given me during my visit today. It is a truly a great honour for me to address you as members of the new Serbian Parliament - and so soon after you have taken up your seats.<br /><br />I know that you have an immensely important role for the duration of this parliament, taking forward essential reforms for your country. The volume of new legislation that you will scrutinize and the debate that you will have it will be unprecedented. You will also of course have a growing role in monitoring the proper implementation of the laws that you will pass. I wish you all possible success in the work that you will do.<br /><br />When you, Mr Prime Minister, came to Brussels in January for the launch of Serbia&#39;s EU accession talks, you spoke of your emotion at the sight of the Serbian flag next to those of the other European countries. And of how this was, for you, the most important moment in Serbia&#39;s history since the end of the Second World War.<br /><br />Mr Prime Minister, I think you are absolutely right to feel that emotion and that pride. Serbia has always been part of Europe. And now you will join us in the European Union. It is the start of a new chapter in our relationship. A chapter that we will write together.<br /><br />I know that there will be many obstacles to be overcome in setting yourself on this course towards EU membership. It is significant and important that all the parties represented in this new parliament share the same goal of EU accession.<br /><br />I also believe that now you can be the example to others in your region, and show what can be achieved through hard work, leadership and, yes, tough choices. And we can show that hard work, leadership and the determination to make those tough choices will be recognized by the European Union and by the wider International Community.........http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-14-344_en.htm?locale=en<br />28/4/14Anonymous[email protected]