Bulgaria blocks opening of Cluster 3 for Serbia in EU talks

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : The opening or closing of any negotiation cluster requires unanimous approval from all 27 EU member states.
62% : The opening or closing of any negotiation cluster requires unanimous approval from all 27 EU member states.
58% : Bulgaria is among eight of the EU's 27 member states opposing the opening of Cluster 3 in Serbia's accession negotiations with the European Union.
57% : According to the document, Serbia has fulfilled a significant part of its commitments, including withdrawing controversial judicial amendments and making progress on media freedom, the electoral framework and cooperation with the EU on foreign and security policy.
48% : Several EU officials have publicly backed opening Cluster 3, especially after Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic withdrew disputed judicial amendments in June following recommendations from the Venice Commission.
45% : Although Belgrade has still not aligned with EU sanctions against Russia over the war in Ukraine, the Commission says Serbia has cooperated in preventing sanctions circumvention, provided significant support to Ukraine and stepped up high-level political contacts with Kyiv.
40% : One EU diplomat told Euronews that the opposition from the eight member states is mainly linked to rule-of-law concerns in Serbia and its refusal to align with sanctions against Russia.

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