Starovic: No EU consensus on opening Cluster 3 with Serbia by end-July

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of European Integration Nemanja Starovic said on Wednesday evening there was no consensus among EU member states on opening Cluster 3 in Serbia's EU accession talks by end-July and that the issue could be back on the agenda of EU institutions in late August.

"The information that the issue of opening Cluster 3 has not been included in the agenda of the final meetings of the relevant Council of the EU bodies practically means that the European Commission (EC) recommendation (to open the cluster) will not be debated before the summer recess of European institutions," Starovic told Newsmax Balkans TV.

He said Serbia had met all its commitments and received a sixth consecutive positive recommendation from the EC, and noted that the lack of a decision to open the cluster was also a message that "there is evidently no real willingness for EU enlargement."