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}} The accession of Serbia to the European Union is the process of the Republic of Serbia being admitted into the framework of the European Union as a member state. On 7 November 2007, Serbia initialed a Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) with the European Union. This was a milestone in Serbia's accession negotiations and was executed following the advice of chief war crimes prosecutor Carla Del Ponte, who advised the EU that the country was complying adequately with the tribunal but Ratko Mladić must be in The Hague prior to any official signing being able to take place.〔(Serbia, EU initial SAA (SETimes.com) )〕 Mladić was subsequently arrested on 26 May 2011, and has since been extradited to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia to stand trial. On 20 July 2011, Goran Hadžić became the last indicted fugitive to be arrested. After setbacks in the political field, on 7 December 2009 the EU unfroze the trade agreement with Serbia and the Schengen countries dropped the visa requirement for Serbian citizens on 19 December 2009. Serbia officially applied for European Union membership on 22 December 2009, and the European Commission recommended making it an official candidate on 12 October 2011. After the vote of the 27 EU foreign ministers on 28 February 2012, where with 26 votes for and 1 vote against, a candidate status recommendation was issued, and Serbia received full candidate status on 1 March. On 28 June 2013 the European Council endorsed the Council of Ministers conclusions and recommendations to open accession negotiations with Serbia.〔http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/ec/137634.pdf〕〔 In December 2013 the Council of the European Union approved opening negotiations on Serbia's accession in January 2014,〔 and the first Intergovernmental Conference was held on 21 January at the European Council in Brussels. ==Serbian government stance== The government originally set a goal for EU accession by 2014, as per the Papandreou plan - ''Agenda 2014''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Agenda 2014: A fresh roadmap for Balkan accession to the EU )〕 Presenting his key-note address before the Serbian Parliament in April 2014, the Prime Minister-Designate Aleksandar Vucic said that the negotiations with the European Union continue in good faith that until the end of the mandate of his Government they will be finished. He also said that this process will be a priority and that "if we work hard, I believe that Serbia could become a full member of the European Union until the end of the decade".〔http://www.media.srbija.gov.rs/medsrp/dokumenti/ekspoze_aleksandar_vucic270414.doc〕 During the visit of the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton to Belgrade he assessed that there is a chance for Serbia to become a full member of the EU by 2020 and reiterated that that is the goal to be reached for the sake of our country and internal reforms, which should be completed by 2018.〔http://www.srbija.gov.rs/vesti/vest.php?id=208608〕 The Serbian government has declared that the status of the Kosovo region should not be tied with the EU negotiations. As of September 2012, the EU Enlargement Commissioner, Štefan Füle, has denied that the European Union will insist on Serbia's recognition of Kosovo before it can join the organisation.〔(EU: Serbia Does Not Have to Recognize Kosovo :: Balkan Insight )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Accession of Serbia to the European Union」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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