Serbia’s parliament adopts last important laws for EU candidate status

By an unusually large majority, Serbia’s parliament has passed two bills that it hopes will help it secure EU candidate status in October.

Serbian parliamentarians on Monday adopted bills on public property and restitution of property, the last bills deemed as “musts” if Serbia is to meet the terms for EU candidate status.

As many as 133 out of 155 present parliamentarians voted for the bill on public property while 117 of 154 present supported the bill on restitution of property and indemnification.

“The laws were supported by more than a simple majority… [which] shows the mood of most of the parliamentarians,” Slavica Djukic Dejanovic, the speaker of parliament, said, after the session, referring to the votes as evidence of Serbia’s clear pro-EU mentality.