US EditionSerbian President Vucic Signs Judicial Laws EC Describes as Step Backward for European Integration
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Despite the EU's criticism, Serbia has implemented a reform of the judiciary.
According to experts, reform could undermine the independence of Serbia's judiciary. Despite criticism by the EU, President Aleksandar Vučić signed the legislative amendments.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic signed a controversial judicial reform on Friday, which the European Commission claims is subsidizing the independence of justice and deplores the country of accession to the European Union.
Lawyer Jovan Rajić said that he would not be surprised if the Constitutional Court stopped the implementation of the set of judicial laws, which were signed today by the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, and as he estimated, the goal would be to simulate the existence of institutions in Serbia and promote the new President of the Constitutional Court, Vladimir Petrov, so that someone would "think that he has credibility".
Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic signed a controversial judicial reform yesterday on which the European Commission warns that it undermines the independence of justice and removes Serbia from its course of accession to the European Union.
Serbian President Vucic Signs Judicial Laws EC Describes as Step Backward for European Integration
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has signed decrees approving a set of judicial reforms which the European Commission has described as "a serious step backwards in Serbia's European integration process", according to reports in the Serbian media. The five laws passed by the ruling majority in the Serbian parliament on January 28 came into force today, according to RTS.
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