INVITATION | Serbia’s EU integration process: A long and rocky road

In the past few years, Serbia has moved from the position of a frontrunner in the EU enlargement to one of a troubled child. With a dubious track record in the reform process, steady democratic backsliding, spread of anti-EU narratives by political representatives, and refusal to align with EU sanctions towards Russia in reaction to the war in Ukraine, the question whether EU accession is still Serbia’s priority arises. Does Serbia’s future still lie within the EU? What would freezing Serbia’s EU accession process, proposed by the European Parliament, mean for the country and its citizens? And what would be the adequate approach the EU should adopt toward Serbia in this situation?

Programme:
15:30 – 16:30 Introductory remarks and screening of the documentary by European Western Balkans

16:30 – 17:15 Panel discussion
Guests:

Chair: Zora Hesová, Assistant professor, Charles University, Faculty of Humanities, Prague

Address: Impact Hub D10, Drtinova 557/10, 150 00 Praha 5 - Smíchov.
It will also be possible to watch the debate online on facebook, for more click here.

This event is hosted by EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy in cooperation with Centar Savremene Politike and European Western Balkans as part of the project “Supporting media freedom in Serbia in relation to the EU accession process” supported by the Transition Promotion Program of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic.