Günter Verheugen

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BELGRADE - Serbia's Minister without Portfolio in charge of EU integration Jadranka Joksimovic met with former EU enlargement commissioner Guenther Verheugen on Tuesday to discuss EU integration.

Joksimovic informed Verheugen about Serbia's plan to harmonise its legislation with the EU's, the Serbian government office for media relations has stated.

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Dacic and former European enlargement commissioner Guenter Verheugen said Tuesday that Serbia is ready to join the European Union.

Verheugen said that Serbia is better prepared for the EU membership than the countries that joined the EU in 2004 and later on.

Serbia "to work hard in EU accession process"

BELGRADE -- Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić and former European enlargement commissioner Guenter Verheugen discussed on Tuesday "the European future of Serbia."

According to a statement issued by the government, Vučić said that "Serbia would continue to work hard towards success in the EU accession process."

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and former European enlargement commissioner Guenter Verheugen discussed Tuesday the European future of Serbia, and the prime minister said that Serbia would continue to work hard towards success in the EU accession process.

EU has "no alternative" to enlargement - ex-commissioner

BELGRADE -- It is not possible to tell when the next country or a group of countries would be granted EU membership, a gathering in Belgrade has heard.

BELGRADE - It is not possible to tell when the next country or a group of countries would be granted EU membership due to problems in the Union and the challenges on its margins, but the process must not be allowed to stop under any excuse, participants of the conference entitled 'EU and the Western Balkans' stated on Monday.