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December 23, 2009

Serbia's EU Odyssey

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Jeremy Clarkson

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Serbia applied formally yesterday to join the EU. The application marks an incremental but important advance from a dark past. Serbia’s politics were convulsed in 2003 by the murder of Zoran Djindjic, a reforming Prime Minister who had sought closer ties with the West. Djindjic had led the demonstrations demanding the resignation of Slobodan Milosevic as President in 2000 after a peculiarly blatant case of ballot-rigging. The support within Serbia for EU membership vindicates Djindjic’s vision.

If the obligations of membership are acted on, the change will be more than symbolic. Symbols matter, though. Accession to the EU...

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