Treball Guai

POLITICAL CRITERIA
Serbia was recognized as an independent state in 1878 after several centuries under Ottoman rule. After World War II, Serbia became a constituent republic of the SocialistFederal Republic of Yugoslavia and maintained its full cooperation.

In 1998–99, an ethnic Albanian insurgency in Kosovo provoked increasingly violent reprisals by state forces against the guerrillasand the civilian population. Dialogue with Kosovo—an important accession prerequisite—remains problematic and politically dangerous for Serbian politicians, as refusal to recognize Kosovo’s secessionremains one of the few things on which all of Serbia’s political parties can agree.
Results were achieved in the dialogue with Pristina (Ite says that Serbia's credibility is increasing due to theobstacles which have been overcome in the so-called normalisation of relations with Kosovo, and added that he is using the term on purpose which the EU has been using for several years back), moreoverSerbia’s interpretation of the agreement on regional cooperation and representation of Kosovo was eventually clarified and, subject to continued implementation, hampers the inclusiveness of regionalcooperation.

Serbia’s new leadership has implemented all agreements already reached in the dialogue with Pristina as well as to begin tackling the broader political issues. Fulfillment of thiscommitment is a key of Serbia’s EU integration.

The FRY was replaced with a looser State Union of Serbia and Montenegro in 2003, and each republic was granted the option of holding an independencereferendum after three years.

In 2008 Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia.
In 2011 authorities adopted a law to increase transparency in the financing of political parties and electioncampaigns. However, the review process was controversial and heavily criticized by civil society groups.
The Law on Financing of Political Activities was adopted in 2011 with the aim of improving the...