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Furlas: Serbia is important for Europe, the goal is to contribute to Serbia’s progress on the path to the EU

by AI | 04.Oct 2024 | Europe in brief AI

The Cypriot MEP at the head of the EP delegation for Serbia.The first meeting in mid-November.

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BRUSSELS – Member of the European Parliament (EP) from Cyprus, Lukas Furlas, who has been elected as the new chair of the EP delegation for relations with Serbia, said that Serbia is an important country for Europe and stated that his goal will be to utilize resources available to significantly advance Serbia on its path to the EU.

“We are at a significant moment for the enlargement policy and the Western Balkans. Serbia, in particular, is an important country for Europe with significant opportunities but also great challenges, and we will be here to face the challenges. My goal will be to use the resources we have in cooperation with our friends in the Serbian parliament to help Serbia make significant progress on its European path,” Furlas told reporters in Brussels.

He also expressed gratitude to his colleagues in the EP for their demonstrated trust. Furlas was elected today as the new chair of the EP delegation for relations with Serbia, that is, the Parliamentary Committee for Stabilization and Association EU-Serbia. He is a member of the European People’s Party political group in the EP and the right-center Democratic Rally party from Cyprus, and he has been an MEP since 2019. In the EP, he is a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee (AFET), and he is also part of the EP delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee. The former journalist and politician from Cyprus will succeed the Italian MEP from the Socialist and Democrats group in the EP and a member of the Italian Democratic Party, Alessandra Moretti, who has been elected as the vice-chair of the EP delegation for relations with Serbia as the sole candidate for that position.

Jorgos Aftias from the Greek New Democracy party, also a member of the European People’s Party in the EP, has been elected as the second vice-chair of the EP delegation for relations with Serbia. The EP delegation in the Parliamentary Committee for Stabilization and Association EU-Serbia will have 15 members. Inter-parliamentary delegations maintain relations and exchange information with parliamentarians in other countries, regions, and organizations with the aim, as stated in the EP’s announcement, of fostering the fundamental values of the EU: freedom, democracy, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, as well as the rule of law. The Parliamentary Committee for Stabilization and Association are joint bodies of the EU and the state signatories of the Stabilization and Association Agreement. The Parliamentary Committee for Stabilization and Association EU-Serbia, consisting of members of the National Assembly and the EP, was established, as stated on the website of the Serbian Assembly, with the aim of considering all aspects of relations between Serbia and the EU and all important political and economic matters in Serbia’s European integration process, particularly in the implementation of the Stabilization and Association Agreement. At the end of each meeting and discussion on the agenda items, declarations and recommendations are adopted and addressed to the Council for Stabilization and Association, as well as to the institutions of Serbia and the EU. (October 3)

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