Serbia: ” No surprises?”

This document analyses the 2016 European Commission’s Country Report on Serbia.

Serbia received the European Commission’s annual report as a country negotiating the EU accession (since 2014), with four chapters of the acquis communautaire already open,1 and two more under preparation for opening at the time.2 In general terms, the Commission’s tone was “between positive and neutral,”3 and, despite the anticipation resulting from the changes in reporting methodology, it brought no major surprises.

This analysis is made within BENCHER (Benchmarking for EU reforms – how effective?) project.