Accession of Serbia to the European Union information
Ongoing accession process of Serbia to the EU
Accession of Serbia to the European Union
Status
Candidate negotiating
Application
European perspective
21 June 2003
Potential candidate
21 June 2003
Membership application
22 December 2009
Candidate status
1 March 2012
Screened & negotiations commence
25 March 2015
Negotiations
Clusters open
6
Chapters open
32
Clusters closed
0
0% complete
Chapters closed
3†
8.6% complete
†Chapter 25 – Science and research and Chapter 26 – Education and culture are provisionally closed. Chapter 34 - Institutions is currently not applicable.
Memberships & Treaties
Association Agreement
1 September 2013
Economic and monetary policy
EU Free Trade Agreement
1 September 2013
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Undergoing accession process.[1]
Euro & the Eurozone
The euro is widely accepted in Serbia, although it has no formal approval, and the official currency of the country is the Serbian dinar
Travel
Schengen visa liberalisation
19 December 2009
Energy
Energy Community
Member since 9 August 2006
Euratom
Serbia is not a member. Serbia does not have any nuclear power, but it does have a moratorium on the development of nuclear energy.[2]
ENTSO-E
Elektromreža Srbije is a member.
Foreign and military policy
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Individual Partnership Action Plan since 15 January 2015
Main article: Serbia–NATO relations
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
1 August 1975 (as Yugoslavia)
Human rights and international courts
Council of Europe (CoE)
since 2003 (as Serbia and Montenegro)
International Criminal Court (ICC)
Serbia and Montenegro deposited their instrument of ratification of the Rome Statute on 6 September 2001. The Rome Statute entered into force on 1 July 2002.[3]
International Court of Justice (ICJ)
Main articles: Bosnian genocide case and Croatia–Serbia genocide case
Impact(27+1)
Population
446,828,803
455,052,321 1.5%
Area
4,233,262 km2 1,634,472 mi2
4,310,736 km2 1,664,385 mi2 1.8% (excluding Kosovo)
HDI
0.896
0.890 0.67%
GDP (PPP)
$25.399 trillion
$25.572 trillion 0.68%
GDP per capita (PPP)
$56,928
$56,196 1.29%
GDP
$17.818 trillion
$17.256 trillion 0.4%
GDP per capita
$39,940
$37,920 5.3%
Gini
30.0
30.1 0.39%
Official Languages
24
25 Serbian 1
Politics of Serbia
Constitution
Constitutional Court
President: Snežana Marković
Executive
President (list)
Aleksandar Vučić
Government
Prime Minister
Ivica Dačić (acting)
First Deputy Prime Minister
Ivica Dačić
Legislature
National Assembly
President: Ana Brnabić
Current membership
Judiciary
Supreme Court
President: Jasmina Vasović
Elections
Recent elections
Presidential: 2017
2022
Parliamentary: 2022
2023
Provincial: 2020
2023
Local: 2023
2024
Political parties
Administrative divisions
Municipalities and cities
Districts
Regions
Foreign relations
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister: Ivica Dačić
Diplomatic missions of / in Serbia
Nationality law
Passport
Visa requirements
Visa policy
EU accession
NATO relations
Political status of Kosovo
Serbia portal
Other countries
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Serbia applied to join the European Union (EU) in 2009 and has been a candidate for membership since 2012, along with nine other states. Serbia is the largest country in Southeast Europe seeking entry into the EU.[4][5]
After initial popular support for Serbia's entry, it has held unfavorable domestic approval with support weakening since 2014.[6] International support for their accession is similarly mixed with concerns over Serbia's claim over Kosovo, regional geopolitical tensions, foreign policy alignment with Russia, and domestic policies.[7][5] Serbia's issues with democratic backsliding has been identified by the Financial Times as a long-term obstacle to the state's entry into the EU.[5]
^"Serbia". World Trade Organization. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
^"SERBIA NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY". International Trade Administration. U.S. Department of Commerce. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
^"Serbia". International Criminal Court. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
^Milovančević, Vojislav (19 September 2023). "EKSKLUZIVNO Francusko-nemački predlog za proširenje EU: Ako ispuni uslove, Srbija bi mogla da postane članica 2030. godine" (in Serbian). Nova.rs. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
^ abcBarber, Tony (11 November 2023). "Serbia is a poor fit for EU enlargement plans". Financial Times. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
^"Poslanici EP usvojili izveštaj o Srbiji, Bilčik: Očekujemo od političkih lidera da zauzmu jasan stav i osude Rusiju" (in Serbian). 10 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
^Sergio, Gregorio (14 November 2023). "EU 'lacked momentum' on Balkan enlargement, says Serbia's Europe minister". POLITICO. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
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