EU’s Fabrizi to N1: 2020 was not lost for Serbia, but more could have been done

“It is true that there are no new open chapters, nor those that are closed, but I would like to say that this was a long year, which is not over yet, a very complicated year and something did happen. The process has continued, I mean the process between the EU and Serbia. We are working closely, primarily on the issue of health, to mitigate the consequences of this terrible pandemic, to mitigate the consequences on the economy. I think this year was a kind of solidarity test. There have been shifts, shifts in the economy, but if we see some other reforms, for example, the rule of law, little has happened on that issue. We cannot look at 2020 as a lost year, but definitely much more could have been done, “ Fabrizi told N1’s Dusan Mladjenovic in an interview.

He also talked about the EU aid to Serbia, the Belgrade – Pristina dialogue on normalisation of relations, the forthcoming talks between the ruling and opposition parties ahead of Serbia’s elections in 2022, Serbia’s foreign policy adjustment to the EU’s one and other topics.

Here is the whole interview: