EU warns Serbia and Montenegro are backsliding on rule of law as media freedom violations continue
by Jane Whyatt
MEPs have warned the so-called ’frontrunners’ for EU accession in the Western Balkans - Serbia and Montenegro - that the rule of law must be respected if they are ever to achieve membership of the European Union.
Law and justice. Photo: public domain
The warning comes from a committee meeting in the European Parliament regarding the Western Balkans, as press and media freedom violations continue in both the former Yugoslav states.
"We keep witnessing backsliding, even in the so-called frontrunners [for EU membership in the region] Serbia and Montenegro," said Spanish MEP Javier Couso Permuy, Vice Chair of the Foreign Affairs…