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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visited Serbia on Wednesday, marking the fourth stop β€” after Albania, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina β€” of her tour across the Western Balkans to discuss EU enlargement with regional leaders.

On Wednesday, von der Leyen met with Serbian President Aleksandar VučiΔ‡ in Belgrade, where the two held a joint press conference.

"Nearly two decades ago, Serbia made the choice to join the EU β€” not as a strategic calculation, but as the heartfelt wish of the Serbian people,” von der Leyen said.

Today Brussels expects Serbia to move twice as fast on its path toward full-fledged membership, von der Leyen added.

β€œWe live in a fragmented world where the gap between democracies and autocracies is wide

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