No new conditions for Serbia, Schultz’s spokesman says
European Parliament (EP) President Martin Schultz did not want to formulate additional conditions for EU accession with his statement, says his spokesman.
Friday, September 07, 2012
Armin Machmer said in a written statement that "unnecessary" importance was attached to Schultz's statement and that it was misinterpreted.
"President Schultz only gave a personal assessment of the situation, based on a realistic factual state and political pragmatism. Mr. Schultz described his view as a possible solution to not harmonized positions on recognition of Kosovo in the EU," he explained.
"I underscore once again, it was not a job or intention of the president to formulate any additional conditions for Serbia's EU accession. This is a job of governments, their negotiators and diplomats and President Schultz stressed this in his previous statement. The future of Serbia and Kosovo is in the EU. A fundamental solution will have to found in the end of the process with a mutual consent," Machmer said in the statement .
Schultz said earlier that "mutual recognition of Belgrade and Priština" is a condition that the EP expected Serbia to fulfill in order to join the EU.
