Accession of Serbia to the European Union

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
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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]