The meeting of the members of National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia with the members of the European Parliament – members of informal group “Friends of Serbia” was held on 14 September 2017. at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, on the margins of the sixth meeting of the European Union-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee.
The meeting was chaired by Emilian Pavel, Romanian MEP and the president of the group “Friends of Serbia”.
The members of the group “Friends of Serbia” have welcomed the unequivocal support which the president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, expressed in the context of Serbia’s accession negotiations. They have also underlined their support for reforms in Serbia and expressed hope that Serbia will become EU Member State during the next mandate of the European Commission.
The informal group “Friends of Serbia” was established in May 2015, bringing together the Members of the European Parliament who support Serbia's European integration, and they organise activities aimed at promoting Serbia in the European Parliament.