Roundtable discussion “Serbia on the path towards the EU Membership”, co-hosted by Emilian Pavel, MEP and President of the “Friends of Serbia” Informal Group and Ambassador Duško Lopandić, Head of the Mission of the Republic of Serbia to the EU, was held in the European Parliament on 30 June 2015.

The roundtable discussion was an opportunity for the exchange of views on the progress that Serbia has undergone on its European path as well as on the further steps. First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dačić participated at the roundtable, together with Vice Speaker of the National Assembly Gordana Čomić, Co-Chair of the Joint Stabilization and Association Parliamentary Committee EU-Serbia Vladimir Orlić, Member of the European Integration Committee Vesna Marković, Acting Director of Serbian European Integration Office Ksenija Milenković and numerous members of the European Parliament from different political groups – Franz Bogovič, Victor Bostinaru, Eduard Kukan, David McAllister, Tanja Fajon, Knut Fleckenstein, Andor Deli and many others. European Commission was represented by Michael Karnitschnig, Head of Cabinet of the Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy & Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn.