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2015/2892(RSP) Resolution on the 2015 report on Serbia

Progress: Procedure completed

RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead AFET MCALLISTER David (icon: PPE PPE) FAJON Tanja (icon: S&D S&D), TANNOCK Timothy Charles Ayrton (icon: ECR ECR), VAJGL Ivo (icon: ALDE ALDE), ŠOLTES Igor (icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE), CASTALDO Fabio Massimo (icon: EFDD EFDD)
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 132-p2

Events

2016/06/08
   EC - Commission response to text adopted in plenary
Documents
SP(2016)242
2016/02/04
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
Documents
Results of vote in Parliament
2016/02/04
   EP - Decision by Parliament
Details

The European Parliament adopted by 498 votes to 66 with 70 abstentions, a resolution tabled by the Committee on Foreign Affair on the 2015 report on Serbia.

Parliament recalled that the European Council of 28 June 2013 decided to open accession negotiations with Serbia, and it welcomed the opening of the negotiations, and called on Serbia to tackle decisively and head-on the systemic and socio-economic reforms.

Whilst welcoming Serbia’s progress, it encouraged the Serbian authorities to further improve the investment climate across Serbia and reduce the economic and social disparities between its regions.

It noted the progress on economic reforms, which improved Serbia’s budgetary situation, and called on the Commission to continue supporting the government in its plans to conduct further reforms

Migration crisis : Members commended Serbia’s constructive approach in dealing with the migration crisis, taking positive note of Serbia’s substantial effort to ensure that third country nationals receive shelter and humanitarian supplies with EU and international support. They called on Serbia to make greater efforts and to progressively align its foreign and security policy with that of the EU, including its policy on Russia. In this context, they felt that conducting joint Serbia – Russia military exercises was regrettable.

Rule of law : Parliament noted that, while some progress has been made in the area of judiciary, namely in adopting rules for evaluating judges and prosecutors, political interference remains high. It called on the government to adopt a new law on free legal aid and to introduce legal changes to address the quality and consistency of judicial practice and judicial education. The Serbian authorities were asked to amend and implement the economic and corruption crimes section of the Criminal Code in order to provide a credible and predictable criminal law framework. Parliament reiterated its deep concern at the provisions and implementation of Article 234 of the Criminal Code on abuse of responsible positions, and it called once again for an independent and thorough review of the reclassified cases related to abuse of responsible positions, so that longstanding unjust prosecutions can be dropped immediately. It also noted that more effort must be made in the fight against organised crime.

Democracy: Parliament reiterated its call on the Serbian Government to address fully the recommendations of the OSCE/ODIHR election observation missions, in particular those ensuring that campaign financing and the electoral processes should be transparent. It stressed the importance of independent regulatory bodies, including the Ombudsman, in ensuring oversight and accountability of the executive.

Human rights: Members noted, the shortcomings with regard to preventing discrimination against vulnerable groups, including people with disabilities, people with HIV/AIDS and LGBTI people. They called on the authorities to actively promote respect for human rights for all. They also expressed concern that no progress has been made to improve the situation regarding freedom of expression and of the media. Parliament was seriously concerned about repeated leaks to the media about ongoing criminal investigations, in breach of the presumption of innocence. Respect for and protection of minorities : Parliament underlined the importance of National Minority Councils in their role of promoting the rights of national minorities and their democratic nature. It expressed serious concern about the interruption of transmission of programmes in minority languages following the announced privatisation of the media, and called on Serbia to step up its efforts with regard to the effective and consistent implementation of legislation on protection of minorities and the non-discriminatory treatment of national minorities throughout Serbia, including in relation to education, especially regarding the timely funding and translation of minority native language textbooks. The resolution called on the Serbian authorities to implement concrete measures to improve the situation of the Roma, particularly concerning the provision of personal documents, education, housing, health care and employment.

Regional cooperation and good-neighbourly relations : Members urged Serbia to continue to build on its good-neighbourly relations, and they condemned all forms of hate speech or war-time rhetoric. They welcomed all initiatives focused on the future of the Western Balkans, in particular the Brdo Process, which proves to be an important framework for cooperation in both political and technical fields. Parliament took the view that concrete cooperation in areas of mutual interest can contribute to the stabilisation of the Western Balkans. It called on Serbia to further promote the stabilisation and institutional strengthening of Bosnia and Herzegovina through its existing contacts and good-neighbourly relations with the country. It also reiterated its call on the Serbian authorities to initiate further measures for cross-border cooperation with the neighbouring EU Member States, including the Cross-border and Transnational Cooperation Programmes 2014-2020 and the EU Strategy for the Danube Region.

Serbia was encouraged to further cooperate with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), in order to investigate facts about war crimes and other serious violations of human rights committed in the former Yugoslavia. Parliament underlined the need to strengthen and depoliticise Serbian institutions that deal with war crimes.

While welcoming Serbia’s continued engagement in the normalisation process with Kosovo, it urged Serbia to swiftly implement its part of these agreements and to engage constructively with Kosovo in formulating and implementing future agreements. It called for continuous efforts by both governments and the EU institutions to communicate and explain the provisions of the reached agreements, in order to bring ethnic Albanian and Serbian communities in Kosovo closer together. Members encouraged Serbia and Kosovo to identify new areas of discussion for the dialogue with the aim of improving people’s lives and comprehensively normalising relations.

Energy, environment and transport : Parliament stressed that Serbia, as a contracting party to the Energy Community, should remain active in the work of the Energy Community institutions and continue to implement the acquis in order to build sustainable and secure energy systems. It encouraged Serbia to develop competition in the gas market and to take measures to improve alignment with the acquis in the fields of renewable energies and energy efficiency. Lastly, it encouraged Serbia to align itself with the average EU commitments on climate change and the agreement reached in Paris at COP 21.

Documents
T8-0046/2016
2016/02/04
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2016/02/03
   EP - Debate in Parliament
Documents
Debate in Parliament
2016/01/28
   EP - Vote in committee
2016/01/26
   EP - Motion for a resolution
Documents
B8-0166/2016
2016/01/07
   EP - Amendments tabled in committee
Documents
PE573.158
2015/12/15
   CSL - Resolution/conclusions adopted by Council
Details

Taking note of the communication from the Commission of 10 November 2015 on the EU Enlargement Strategy and the reports on Turkey, Montenegro, Serbia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo, the Council reaffirmed that enlargement remains a key policy of the European Union and an investment in the peace, democracy, prosperity, security and stability of our continent.

In this context, it reiterated the EU's unequivocal commitment to the European perspective of the Western Balkans.

It commended Turkey and the Western Balkans, at present in particular Serbia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, for their efforts in addressing the refugee and migration crisis, which has seriously affected the region.

The Council welcomed the major steps Serbia has taken in the past year which led to the opening of the first chapters of the EU accession negotiations at the Accession Conference on 14 December 2015. It took positive note of Serbia's submission of its Action Plans for chapters 23 - Judiciary and fundamental rights, and 24 - Justice, freedom and security, which should provide clear guidance for future reforms and for developing a solid track record in these areas. The Council recalled that progress under these chapters will need to be made in parallel with progress in negotiations overall.

Towards reforms : the Council encouraged Serbia to take this positive momentum forward and to intensify legislative reforms and their effective implementation in the key areas of judicial reform, fight against corruption and organised crime, and freedom of expression and the media.

Particular attention needs to be paid to the full respect of fundamental rights, including protection of the most vulnerable groups, particularly the Roma, as well as to the effective implementation of legislation on the protection of minorities, the non-discriminatory treatment of national minorities throughout Serbia, and tackling discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. Further progress is also required in the areas of independence of democratic institutions, public administration, as well as in developing a functioning market economy and improving the business environment.

The Council urged Serbia to swiftly implement its part of these agreements and to engage constructively with Kosovo. It would continue to monitor closely Serbia's continued engagement towards visible and sustainable progress in the normalisation of relations with Kosovo, including the implementation in good faith of all agreements reached so far. It recalled that progress in the process of normalisation of relations with Kosovo under chapter 35 needs to be made in parallel with progress in Serbia's accession negotiations, in line with the negotiating framework.

Regional cooperation : lastly, the Council considered that Serbia should continue strengthening good neighbourly relations. It called on Serbia to progressively align with the EU Common Foreign and Security Policy in line with the negotiating framework.

2015/12/15
   CSL - Council Meeting
2015/10/08
   EP - MCALLISTER David (PPE) appointed as rapporteur in AFET

Documents

Activities

Votes

B8-0166/2016 - Am 2 #

2016/02/04 Outcome: +: 291, -: 233, 0: 97
IT GB BE SE RO DK NL LT FI DE ES EE BG CZ LU IE HR AT MT LV PT SI HU SK CY EL FR PL
Total
60
58
19
15
28
11
21
10
10
73
45
4
17
16
3
4
11
17
5
5
19
7
17
11
5
15
64
50
icon: S&D S&D
162

Italy S&D

26

United Kingdom S&D

19

Belgium S&D

4

Sweden S&D

5

Romania S&D

14

Denmark S&D

2

Netherlands S&D

2

Lithuania S&D

2

Finland S&D

1

Germany S&D

21

Spain S&D

12

Estonia S&D

For (1)

Marju LAURISTIN
1

Bulgaria S&D

4

Czechia S&D

3

Luxembourg S&D

For (1)

Mady DELVAUX
1

Ireland S&D

For (1)

Nessa CHILDERS
1

Croatia S&D

2

Austria S&D

5

Malta S&D

2

Latvia S&D

1

Portugal S&D

6

Hungary S&D

4

Slovakia S&D

3

Cyprus S&D

2

Greece S&D

2

France S&D

12

Poland S&D

5
icon: ALDE ALDE
60

United Kingdom ALDE

1

Belgium ALDE

5

Sweden ALDE

3

Romania ALDE

2

Denmark ALDE

3

Netherlands ALDE

7

Lithuania ALDE

Abstain (1)

Viktor USPASKICH
3

Finland ALDE

4

Germany ALDE

For (1)

Gesine MEISSNER
1

Spain ALDE

6

Estonia ALDE

2

Bulgaria ALDE

4

Czechia ALDE

4

Luxembourg ALDE

For (1)

Charles GOERENS
1

Ireland ALDE

For (1)

Marian HARKIN
1

Croatia ALDE

2

Austria ALDE

For (1)

Angelika MLINAR
1

Portugal ALDE

2

Slovenia ALDE

For (1)

Ivo VAJGL
1

France ALDE

Against (1)

Marielle DE SARNEZ
7
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
39

United Kingdom Verts/ALE

5

Belgium Verts/ALE

2

Sweden Verts/ALE

2

Denmark Verts/ALE

For (1)

Margrete AUKEN
1

Netherlands Verts/ALE

For (1)

Bas EICKHOUT
1

Lithuania Verts/ALE

For (1)

Bronis ROPĖ
1

Germany Verts/ALE

12

Spain Verts/ALE

4

Croatia Verts/ALE

For (1)

Davor ŠKRLEC
1

Austria Verts/ALE

2

Latvia Verts/ALE

1

Slovenia Verts/ALE

For (1)

Igor ŠOLTES
1

Hungary Verts/ALE

2

France Verts/ALE

4
icon: EFDD EFDD
41

Italy EFDD

17

United Kingdom EFDD

18

Sweden EFDD

2

Lithuania EFDD

For (1)

Rolandas PAKSAS
1

Czechia EFDD

Abstain (1)

Petr MACH
1

France EFDD

1

Poland EFDD

1
icon: ECR ECR
58

Italy ECR

Abstain (1)

Remo SERNAGIOTTO
1

United Kingdom ECR

12

Belgium ECR

4

Denmark ECR

3

Netherlands ECR

2

Lithuania ECR

Abstain (1)

Waldemar TOMASZEWSKI
1

Finland ECR

2

Germany ECR

Against (1)

Arne GERICKE
6

Bulgaria ECR

2

Czechia ECR

2

Croatia ECR

Abstain (1)

Ruža TOMAŠIĆ
1

Slovakia ECR

2

Greece ECR

Against (1)

Notis MARIAS
1

Poland ECR

19
icon: NI NI
10

United Kingdom NI

Abstain (1)

Diane DODDS
1

Germany NI

Against (1)

Udo VOIGT
2

Hungary NI

For (1)

Zoltán BALCZÓ
1

Greece NI

3

France NI

Against (1)

Bruno GOLLNISCH

Abstain (1)

Aymeric CHAUPRADE
2

Poland NI

Abstain (1)

Janusz KORWIN-MIKKE
1
icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL
37

Italy GUE/NGL

Against (1)

Eleonora FORENZA

Abstain (1)

Barbara SPINELLI
2

United Kingdom GUE/NGL

Abstain (1)

Martina ANDERSON
1

Sweden GUE/NGL

For (1)

Malin BJÖRK
1

Denmark GUE/NGL

For (1)

Rina Ronja KARI
1

Netherlands GUE/NGL

For (1)

Anja HAZEKAMP
3

Finland GUE/NGL

For (1)

Merja KYLLÖNEN
1

Germany GUE/NGL

Abstain (1)

Helmut SCHOLZ
5

Spain GUE/NGL

8

Ireland GUE/NGL

Against (1)

Luke Ming FLANAGAN
1

Portugal GUE/NGL

4

Cyprus GUE/NGL

2

Greece GUE/NGL

4

France GUE/NGL

Abstain (1)

Patrick LE HYARIC
4
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33

Italy ENF

5

United Kingdom ENF

Abstain (1)

Janice ATKINSON
1

Belgium ENF

For (1)

Gerolf ANNEMANS
1

Romania ENF

Against (1)

Laurenţiu REBEGA
1

Netherlands ENF

3

Austria ENF

4

France ENF

16

Poland ENF

2
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180

Italy PPE

9

Belgium PPE

3

Sweden PPE

2

Romania PPE

11

Denmark PPE

Against (1)

Bendt BENDTSEN
1

Netherlands PPE

3

Lithuania PPE

2

Finland PPE

2

Germany PPE

26

Spain PPE

15

Estonia PPE

Against (1)

Tunne KELAM
1

Bulgaria PPE

7

Czechia PPE

6

Luxembourg PPE

Against (1)

Georges BACH
1

Ireland PPE

Against (1)

Seán KELLY
1

Croatia PPE

5

Austria PPE

5

Malta PPE

3

Latvia PPE

3

Portugal PPE

7

Slovenia PPE

5

Hungary PPE

10

Slovakia PPE

6

Cyprus PPE

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Lefteris CHRISTOFOROU
1

Greece PPE

5

France PPE

18

Poland PPE

22

B8-0166/2016 - Résolution #

2016/02/04 Outcome: +: 498, 0: 70, -: 66
DE PL IT ES RO FR GB BG HU CZ BE PT NL AT LT SE HR SK FI SI MT EL LU EE DK LV IE CY
Total
79
50
61
45
28
64
58
17
18
16
19
20
23
17
10
15
11
11
10
7
6
15
4
4
11
5
4
5
icon: PPE PPE
186

Germany PPE

Against (1)

Hermann WINKLER
29

Poland PPE

22

Italy PPE

9

Spain PPE

15

Romania PPE

11

France PPE

18

Bulgaria PPE

7

Hungary PPE

11

Czechia PPE

6

Belgium PPE

Abstain (1)

Claude ROLIN
3

Portugal PPE

7

Netherlands PPE

4

Austria PPE

5

Lithuania PPE

2

Sweden PPE

2

Croatia PPE

5

Slovakia PPE

6

Finland PPE

2

Slovenia PPE

5

Malta PPE

3

Greece PPE

5

Luxembourg PPE

2

Estonia PPE

For (1)

Tunne KELAM
1

Denmark PPE

For (1)

Bendt BENDTSEN
1

Latvia PPE

3

Ireland PPE

For (1)

Seán KELLY
1

Cyprus PPE

1
icon: S&D S&D
168

Germany S&D

23

Poland S&D

5

Italy S&D

27

Spain S&D

12

Romania S&D

14

France S&D

12

United Kingdom S&D

19

Bulgaria S&D

4

Hungary S&D

4

Czechia S&D

3

Belgium S&D

4

Portugal S&D

7

Netherlands S&D

3

Austria S&D

5

Lithuania S&D

2

Sweden S&D

5

Croatia S&D

2

Slovakia S&D

3

Finland S&D

1

Malta S&D

3

Greece S&D

2

Luxembourg S&D

For (1)

Mady DELVAUX
1

Estonia S&D

For (1)

Marju LAURISTIN
1

Denmark S&D

2

Latvia S&D

1

Ireland S&D

For (1)

Nessa CHILDERS
1

Cyprus S&D

2
icon: ALDE ALDE
61

Germany ALDE

2

Spain ALDE

6

Romania ALDE

2

France ALDE

7

United Kingdom ALDE

1

Bulgaria ALDE

4

Czechia ALDE

4

Belgium ALDE

5

Portugal ALDE

2

Netherlands ALDE

7

Austria ALDE

For (1)

Angelika MLINAR
1

Lithuania ALDE

3

Sweden ALDE

3

Croatia ALDE

2

Finland ALDE

4

Slovenia ALDE

For (1)

Ivo VAJGL
1

Luxembourg ALDE

For (1)

Charles GOERENS
1

Estonia ALDE

2

Denmark ALDE

3

Ireland ALDE

For (1)

Marian HARKIN
1
icon: ECR ECR
58

Germany ECR

Against (1)

Beatrix von STORCH
6

Poland ECR

Against (1)

Mirosław PIOTROWSKI
19

Italy ECR

1

United Kingdom ECR

12

Bulgaria ECR

2

Czechia ECR

2

Belgium ECR

4

Netherlands ECR

2

Lithuania ECR

1

Croatia ECR

Abstain (1)

Ruža TOMAŠIĆ
1

Slovakia ECR

Abstain (1)

Branislav ŠKRIPEK
2

Finland ECR

2

Greece ECR

Abstain (1)

Notis MARIAS
1

Denmark ECR

3
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
39

Germany Verts/ALE

12

Spain Verts/ALE

4

France Verts/ALE

4

United Kingdom Verts/ALE

5

Hungary Verts/ALE

2

Belgium Verts/ALE

2

Netherlands Verts/ALE

For (1)

Bas EICKHOUT
1

Austria Verts/ALE

2

Lithuania Verts/ALE

For (1)

Bronis ROPĖ
1

Sweden Verts/ALE

2

Croatia Verts/ALE

For (1)

Davor ŠKRLEC
1

Slovenia Verts/ALE

For (1)

Igor ŠOLTES
1

Denmark Verts/ALE

For (1)

Margrete AUKEN
1

Latvia Verts/ALE

Abstain (1)

Tatjana ŽDANOKA
1
icon: NI NI
10

Germany NI

2

Poland NI

Abstain (1)

Janusz KORWIN-MIKKE
1

France NI

Against (1)

Bruno GOLLNISCH
2

United Kingdom NI

For (1)

Diane DODDS
1

Hungary NI

Against (1)

Zoltán BALCZÓ
1

Greece NI

3
icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL
37

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5

Italy GUE/NGL

2

Spain GUE/NGL

8

France GUE/NGL

Against (1)

Jean-Luc MÉLENCHON
4

United Kingdom GUE/NGL

Abstain (1)

Martina ANDERSON
1

Portugal GUE/NGL

Abstain (1)

Marisa MATIAS
4

Netherlands GUE/NGL

3

Sweden GUE/NGL

Abstain (1)

Malin BJÖRK
1

Finland GUE/NGL

Abstain (1)

Merja KYLLÖNEN
1

Greece GUE/NGL

4

Denmark GUE/NGL

Abstain (1)

Rina Ronja KARI
1

Ireland GUE/NGL

Abstain (1)

Luke Ming FLANAGAN
1

Cyprus GUE/NGL

2
icon: EFDD EFDD
41

Poland EFDD

1

Italy EFDD

17

France EFDD

1

United Kingdom EFDD

18

Czechia EFDD

Against (1)

Petr MACH
1

Lithuania EFDD

For (1)

Rolandas PAKSAS
1

Sweden EFDD

2
icon: ENF ENF
33

Poland ENF

2

Italy ENF

5

Romania ENF

1

France ENF

16

United Kingdom ENF

Against (1)

Janice ATKINSON
1

Belgium ENF

Against (1)

Gerolf ANNEMANS
1

Netherlands ENF

3

Austria ENF

For (1)

Barbara KAPPEL
4

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  • date: 2015-12-15T00:00:00 type: Resolution/conclusions adopted by Council body: CSL summary: Taking note of the communication from the Commission of 10 November 2015 on the EU Enlargement Strategy and the reports on Turkey, Montenegro, Serbia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo, the Council reaffirmed that enlargement remains a key policy of the European Union and an investment in the peace, democracy, prosperity, security and stability of our continent. In this context, it reiterated the EU's unequivocal commitment to the European perspective of the Western Balkans. It commended Turkey and the Western Balkans, at present in particular Serbia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, for their efforts in addressing the refugee and migration crisis, which has seriously affected the region. The Council welcomed the major steps Serbia has taken in the past year which led to the opening of the first chapters of the EU accession negotiations at the Accession Conference on 14 December 2015. It took positive note of Serbia's submission of its Action Plans for chapters 23 - Judiciary and fundamental rights, and 24 - Justice, freedom and security, which should provide clear guidance for future reforms and for developing a solid track record in these areas. The Council recalled that progress under these chapters will need to be made in parallel with progress in negotiations overall. Towards reforms : the Council encouraged Serbia to take this positive momentum forward and to intensify legislative reforms and their effective implementation in the key areas of judicial reform, fight against corruption and organised crime, and freedom of expression and the media. Particular attention needs to be paid to the full respect of fundamental rights, including protection of the most vulnerable groups, particularly the Roma, as well as to the effective implementation of legislation on the protection of minorities, the non-discriminatory treatment of national minorities throughout Serbia, and tackling discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. Further progress is also required in the areas of independence of democratic institutions, public administration, as well as in developing a functioning market economy and improving the business environment. The Council urged Serbia to swiftly implement its part of these agreements and to engage constructively with Kosovo. It would continue to monitor closely Serbia's continued engagement towards visible and sustainable progress in the normalisation of relations with Kosovo, including the implementation in good faith of all agreements reached so far. It recalled that progress in the process of normalisation of relations with Kosovo under chapter 35 needs to be made in parallel with progress in Serbia's accession negotiations, in line with the negotiating framework. Regional cooperation : lastly, the Council considered that Serbia should continue strengthening good neighbourly relations. It called on Serbia to progressively align with the EU Common Foreign and Security Policy in line with the negotiating framework.
  • date: 2016-01-28T00:00:00 type: Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading body: EP
  • date: 2016-02-03T00:00:00 type: Debate in Parliament body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20160203&type=CRE title: Debate in Parliament
  • date: 2016-02-04T00:00:00 type: Results of vote in Parliament body: EP docs: url: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=26779&l=en title: Results of vote in Parliament
  • date: 2016-02-04T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P8-TA-2016-0046 title: T8-0046/2016 summary: The European Parliament adopted by 498 votes to 66 with 70 abstentions, a resolution tabled by the Committee on Foreign Affair on the 2015 report on Serbia. Parliament recalled that the European Council of 28 June 2013 decided to open accession negotiations with Serbia, and it welcomed the opening of the negotiations, and called on Serbia to tackle decisively and head-on the systemic and socio-economic reforms. Whilst welcoming Serbia’s progress, it encouraged the Serbian authorities to further improve the investment climate across Serbia and reduce the economic and social disparities between its regions. It noted the progress on economic reforms, which improved Serbia’s budgetary situation, and called on the Commission to continue supporting the government in its plans to conduct further reforms Migration crisis : Members commended Serbia’s constructive approach in dealing with the migration crisis, taking positive note of Serbia’s substantial effort to ensure that third country nationals receive shelter and humanitarian supplies with EU and international support. They called on Serbia to make greater efforts and to progressively align its foreign and security policy with that of the EU, including its policy on Russia. In this context, they felt that conducting joint Serbia – Russia military exercises was regrettable. Rule of law : Parliament noted that, while some progress has been made in the area of judiciary, namely in adopting rules for evaluating judges and prosecutors, political interference remains high. It called on the government to adopt a new law on free legal aid and to introduce legal changes to address the quality and consistency of judicial practice and judicial education. The Serbian authorities were asked to amend and implement the economic and corruption crimes section of the Criminal Code in order to provide a credible and predictable criminal law framework. Parliament reiterated its deep concern at the provisions and implementation of Article 234 of the Criminal Code on abuse of responsible positions, and it called once again for an independent and thorough review of the reclassified cases related to abuse of responsible positions, so that longstanding unjust prosecutions can be dropped immediately. It also noted that more effort must be made in the fight against organised crime. Democracy: Parliament reiterated its call on the Serbian Government to address fully the recommendations of the OSCE/ODIHR election observation missions, in particular those ensuring that campaign financing and the electoral processes should be transparent. It stressed the importance of independent regulatory bodies, including the Ombudsman, in ensuring oversight and accountability of the executive. Human rights: Members noted, the shortcomings with regard to preventing discrimination against vulnerable groups, including people with disabilities, people with HIV/AIDS and LGBTI people. They called on the authorities to actively promote respect for human rights for all. They also expressed concern that no progress has been made to improve the situation regarding freedom of expression and of the media. Parliament was seriously concerned about repeated leaks to the media about ongoing criminal investigations, in breach of the presumption of innocence. Respect for and protection of minorities : Parliament underlined the importance of National Minority Councils in their role of promoting the rights of national minorities and their democratic nature. It expressed serious concern about the interruption of transmission of programmes in minority languages following the announced privatisation of the media, and called on Serbia to step up its efforts with regard to the effective and consistent implementation of legislation on protection of minorities and the non-discriminatory treatment of national minorities throughout Serbia, including in relation to education, especially regarding the timely funding and translation of minority native language textbooks. The resolution called on the Serbian authorities to implement concrete measures to improve the situation of the Roma, particularly concerning the provision of personal documents, education, housing, health care and employment. Regional cooperation and good-neighbourly relations : Members urged Serbia to continue to build on its good-neighbourly relations, and they condemned all forms of hate speech or war-time rhetoric. They welcomed all initiatives focused on the future of the Western Balkans, in particular the Brdo Process, which proves to be an important framework for cooperation in both political and technical fields. Parliament took the view that concrete cooperation in areas of mutual interest can contribute to the stabilisation of the Western Balkans. It called on Serbia to further promote the stabilisation and institutional strengthening of Bosnia and Herzegovina through its existing contacts and good-neighbourly relations with the country. It also reiterated its call on the Serbian authorities to initiate further measures for cross-border cooperation with the neighbouring EU Member States, including the Cross-border and Transnational Cooperation Programmes 2014-2020 and the EU Strategy for the Danube Region. Serbia was encouraged to further cooperate with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), in order to investigate facts about war crimes and other serious violations of human rights committed in the former Yugoslavia. Parliament underlined the need to strengthen and depoliticise Serbian institutions that deal with war crimes. While welcoming Serbia’s continued engagement in the normalisation process with Kosovo, it urged Serbia to swiftly implement its part of these agreements and to engage constructively with Kosovo in formulating and implementing future agreements. It called for continuous efforts by both governments and the EU institutions to communicate and explain the provisions of the reached agreements, in order to bring ethnic Albanian and Serbian communities in Kosovo closer together. Members encouraged Serbia and Kosovo to identify new areas of discussion for the dialogue with the aim of improving people’s lives and comprehensively normalising relations. Energy, environment and transport : Parliament stressed that Serbia, as a contracting party to the Energy Community, should remain active in the work of the Energy Community institutions and continue to implement the acquis in order to build sustainable and secure energy systems. It encouraged Serbia to develop competition in the gas market and to take measures to improve alignment with the acquis in the fields of renewable energies and energy efficiency. Lastly, it encouraged Serbia to align itself with the average EU commitments on climate change and the agreement reached in Paris at COP 21.
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  • Taking note of the communication from the Commission of 10 November 2015 on the EU Enlargement Strategy and the reports on Turkey, Montenegro, Serbia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo, the Council reaffirmed that enlargement remains a key policy of the European Union and an investment in the peace, democracy, prosperity, security and stability of our continent.

    In this context, it reiterated the EU's unequivocal commitment to the European perspective of the Western Balkans.

    It commended Turkey and the Western Balkans, at present in particular Serbia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, for their efforts in addressing the refugee and migration crisis, which has seriously affected the region.

    The Council welcomed the major steps Serbia has taken in the past year which led to the opening of the first chapters of the EU accession negotiations at the Accession Conference on 14 December 2015. It took positive note of Serbia's submission of its Action Plans for chapters 23 - Judiciary and fundamental rights, and 24 - Justice, freedom and security, which should provide clear guidance for future reforms and for developing a solid track record in these areas. The Council recalled that progress under these chapters will need to be made in parallel with progress in negotiations overall.

    Towards reforms: the Council encouraged Serbia to take this positive momentum forward and to intensify legislative reforms and their effective implementation in the key areas of judicial reform, fight against corruption and organised crime, and freedom of expression and the media.

    Particular attention needs to be paid to the full respect of fundamental rights, including protection of the most vulnerable groups, particularly the Roma, as well as to the effective implementation of legislation on the protection of minorities, the non-discriminatory treatment of national minorities throughout Serbia, and tackling discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. Further progress is also required in the areas of independence of democratic institutions, public administration, as well as in developing a functioning market economy and improving the business environment.

    The Council urged Serbia to swiftly implement its part of these agreements and to engage constructively with Kosovo. It would continue to monitor closely Serbia's continued engagement towards visible and sustainable progress in the normalisation of relations with Kosovo, including the implementation in good faith of all agreements reached so far. It recalled that progress in the process of normalisation of relations with Kosovo under chapter 35 needs to be made in parallel with progress in Serbia's accession negotiations, in line with the negotiating framework.

    Regional cooperation: lastly, the Council considered that Serbia should continue strengthening good neighbourly relations. It called on Serbia to progressively align with the EU Common Foreign and Security Policy in line with the negotiating framework.
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