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...would be a boon for the mismatched pair. Their economies would receive boosts from the strong euro and the association with other members. If left to fend for themselves, however, alienation and their landlocked status could foster economic discontent and instability. Both could also benefit from the EU??s human rights standards. Serbia’s record for treatment of the mentally ill is atrocious, and Kosovo has become an epicenter of sex slavery. EU member states are also party to the Schengen Agreement, which allows for the free movement of people. If Serbia and Kosovo enter into...
...promise of EU accession. Just yesterday, EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn pointed out the “turning point” in Serbian policy by allowing alleged war criminals from the 90s, Ratko Mladic and Radovan Karadzic, to be tried for crimes against humanity in The Hague. The EU??s stance on Kosovo’s independence is as clear as their insistence on prosecuting war criminals...
...bureaucratic issues within the EU. Once the treaty is passed, the EU will achieve legal personality as one entity and, at the same time, voting procedures will be modified to address what critics have baptized “a democratic deficit.” Such changes will increase the EU??s legitimacy both legally and practically...
...European Union (EU) likewise remained quiet until masked men carrying grenade launchers and assault rifles, burning Norwegian and Danish flags, threatened the Brussels office on January 30th. Only then did the EU speak out; EU Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik expressed the EU??s “solidarity with our northern colleagues and the freedom of expression…and the freedom of religious beliefs” and said that it “strongly rejects” Muslim threats...
...French position within the EU and with it the idea of a “social Europe,” of which France is the main proponent. Within Europe, France stands for protectionism in face of the Anglo-American model, and is also a great beneficiary of the EU??s generous and controversial agricultural subsidies. Despite the solidarity expressed by the German chancellor in the wake of the French referendum, the path France has taken cannot but weaken its long-term claims to leadership within the EU as well as the economic benefits it claims from the EU?...