NATIONAL INTERESTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA AND ACCESSION NEGOTIATIONS
NATIONAL INTERESTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA AND ACCESSION NEGOTIATIONS

Summary/Abstract: The Republic of Serbia has been an autonomous and independent state since 2006, created in the breakup of the former SFR Yugoslavia. In its foreign policy orientation, Serbia was originally oriented towards Euro-Atlantic integration (NATO and EU). Since 2007, Serbia has proclaimed military neutrality (NON-NATO), and has maintained its strategic commitment to EU membership. The European Union was formed in 1992 by 12 European countries. The EU enlargement process is determined by regulations, which are constantly changing. Serbia’s accession negotiations with the EU began on January 21, 2014, and after 10 years it is difficult to determine whether they are closer to the end or the beginning. By the regulations and established procedures for the admission of countries to the EU, additional conditions are constantly being imposed on Serbia, which make its path towards the Union uncertain. The conditions that the EU sets for Serbia are partly in contradiction with the national interests and goals of our country. This paper analyzes the path of the Republic of Serbia towards the European Union. The goal of the paper is to determine the conditions that Serbia needs to fulfill in order to complete negotiations on admission to the EU. The basic hypothesis from which the work started is as follows: in the accession negotiations with the Republic of Serbia, the European Union sets conditions that are partly compatible, and partly contrary to the national interests of Serbia. The work was mostly created as a result of the defended master’s thesis of the first author. The master’s thesis was defended at the Faculty of Business Studies and Law in February 2024.

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