EC: Cluster 3 ready for opening, Belgrade and Pristina must implement agreements

BRUSSELS - In its 2024 draft report on Serbia, the European Commission says Cluster 3 on Competitiveness and Inclusive Growth in Serbia's EU accession talks is technically ready for opening, and notes that the overall pace of the negotiations will continue to depend on rule of law reforms and normalisation of Belgrade-Pristina relations.

The report will be unveiled in Brussels on Wednesday, after which it will be presented to Serbian PM Milos Vucevic in Belgrade by the head of the EU Delegation to Serbia, Emanuele Giaufret.

The draft report analyses Serbia's progress on Cluster 1, which deals with the fundamentals of the EU accession process, as well as its progress on good-neighbourly relations and regional cooperation, normalisation of Belgrade-Pristina relations and the ability to undertake obligations issuing from EU membership.

In the section on the...