Varhelyi: Good meeting with Vucic on next steps, growth plan in full swing

BRUSSELS - EU Enlargement Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi said on Thursday he had had a good meeting with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in Brussels to prepare "next steps as we launch ambitious reforms based on the Serbian Reform Agenda."

In a post on X, Varhelyi wrote that the EU's new 6 bln euro growth plan was "already in full swing."

"On the margins of the Western Balkan Leaders Meeting had a good meeting with President Vucic to prepare next steps as we launch ambitious reforms based on the Serbian Reform Agenda.

The new 6 bln euro Growth Plan is already in full swing. More reforms, more support!" he concluded.

In a separate post after a working luncheon hosted for Western Balkan leaders by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Varhelyi noted that "regional integration through the Common Regional Market is more critical than ever." <...