01.02.08: Brusels watches as Serbs head to polls
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- Wolfgangschumann on 2008-02-01 - Tags elections , enlargement , enlargementpolicy_eu , serbia , westernbalkans , enlargementpolicy_candidates
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Serbians will on Sunday elect their new president, in a choice between current pro-Western leader Boris Tadic and his nationalist and eurosceptic opponent Tomislav Nikolic.
The election has regularly been presented as a "referendum" on Serbia's future, particularly in terms of foreign policy.
The election has regularly been presented as a "referendum" on Serbia's future, particularly in terms of foreign policy.
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EU has its preferences
Wanting to see the pro-European Mr Tadic re-elected, the EU has been looking for ways to give a subtle boost to the candidate.
This week it decided to propose to Serbia an interim political agreement to be signed on 7 February, offering closer trade relations, relaxed visa requirements and educational cooperation.
The bloc denied the move was an attempt to interfere in the country's elections.
"We are of course on the side of those who want an EU future for Serbia," Slovenian foreign minister Dimitrij Rupel, whose country currently holds the rotating EU presidency, told MEPs on Tuesday (29 January).
Wanting to see the pro-European Mr Tadic re-elected, the EU has been looking for ways to give a subtle boost to the candidate.
This week it decided to propose to Serbia an interim political agreement to be signed on 7 February, offering closer trade relations, relaxed visa requirements and educational cooperation.
The bloc denied the move was an attempt to interfere in the country's elections.
"We are of course on the side of those who want an EU future for Serbia," Slovenian foreign minister Dimitrij Rupel, whose country currently holds the rotating EU presidency, told MEPs on Tuesday (29 January).
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