8 European Union member states are against opening Cluster 3 in Serbia's membership negotiations

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EU ambassadors today discussed a European Commission non-paper which recommends to open Cluster 3 in membership negotiations with Serbia, during which discussion eight countries stated that they are against the opening of that cluster.

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They are the three Baltic countries, as well as Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, Bulgaria, and Croatia. The main reason their representatives cited is "the lack of the rule of law and non-alignment with EU foreign policy" - i.e., Serbia's decision not to impose sanctions against Russia, Tanjug has learned.

Three more countries declared that they were "not convinced that the Cluster should be opened" - namely, Luxembourg, Latvia, and Denmark.

The European Commission made a recommendation to the EU Council to open Cluster 3 this July, taking into account Serbia's efforts made regarding the key issues and the fact that the overall balance necessary for that step is currently achieved.

(Telegraf.rs/Tanjug)