Italy wants Serbia in EU

Belgrade, May, 13. 2010 (Serbia Today) - The Italian parliament is ready to be the first to ratify the Stabilization and Association Agreement between the European Union and Serbia, according to President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies Gianfranco Fini. "Such support of Italy is important for Serbia's road towards the EU," Fini said after a meeting with the President and Prime Minister and President of Serbia Boris Tadic and Mirko Cevtkovic.  Finney believes that as Serbia is part of Europe it is necessary that the European Union should include the Western Balkans.  "Serbia is part of Europe geographically, but primarily in the cultural sense and require the inclusion of Balkan countries in the EU as soon as possible to complete its political map," Fini declared. Italy believes that Europe needs to honestly assess the efforts of Serbia towards the EU, the Italian official said, adding that Europe should not apply double standards in relation to countries who wish to join the Union. "