EU leaders are to postpone a decision to grant Serbia candidate status for the next summit in March, according to the draft conclusions of the European Council leaked overnight. According to the draft conclusions for the summit on Friday, Serbia may obtain EU candidacy in March when EU

European leaders hail historic opportunity for Croatia and say Zagreb’s persistence vindicates enlargement policy; Croat President says country needs ‘more Europe, not less’. Croatia signed its EU accession treaty on Friday in Brussels, aiming to become the European club’s 28th member state on July 1, 2013.

Negotiations on membership with Montenegro will start in June 2012, according to the draft conclusions of the European Council. According to the leaked draft conclusions that the European Council will adopt on Friday, accession