An analysis of Serbia’s compliance with EU foreign policy declarations and measures in 2016
An analysis of Serbia’s compliance with EU foreign policy declarations and measures in 2016

Author(s): Jovana Perkučin, Igor Novaković
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, International relations/trade, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment, EU-Legislation
Published by: ISAC - Centar za međunarodne i bezbednosne poslove
Keywords: EU foreign policy; European Union; Serbia
Summary/Abstract: The foreign policy activity of the European Union is embedded in its founding values and common interests of its member states, which, as the Global Strategy for Foreign and Security Policy of the EU puts it, “go hand in hand.“1 The Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) rests on a consensus reached after an extensive harmonization of positions and coordination, making the EU foreign policy decisions the smallest common denominator of member states’ foreign policies, i.e. the core of common interests. Because of that, the Union and its member states find it difficult to accept when partner states, or those striving to achieve EU membership, do not heed the reasons which led to making certain decisions, i.e. avoid to align with them.

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