EU Sentiments of Serbia’s Citizens: Unpacking the Motivations Behind the Ayes, the Nays, and the Undecided
EU Sentiments of Serbia’s Citizens: Unpacking the Motivations Behind the Ayes, the Nays, and the Undecided

Author(s): Dušan Pjevović, Strahinja Subotić
Subject(s): Public Administration, Government/Political systems, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment, Fiscal Politics / Budgeting
Published by: Centar za evropske politike CEP
Keywords: EU sentiments; Serbia; Public opinion; EU integration; Citizen motivations; EU accession; Political attitudes; Public perception; National identity; European Union;
Summary/Abstract: Throughout the past decade, Serbia has made progress on its path towards the EU. Important milestones range from the obtainment of visa liberalisation in 2009 and candidate status three years later, to starting the accession negotiations in 2014 and opening the first negotiating chapters in 2015. What remains a predicament, however, is the fact that the aforementioned accomplishments were often not accompanied by increased public support for the EU accession process. In fact, public support has proven to be quite volatile and relatively independent from Serbia’s EU progression rate.

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