Published: June 13, 2026 at 08:04 AM
Updated: June 13, 2026 at 08:04 AM
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Venice Commission gives a positive opinion on Serbia's judicial-law package
Ana Brnabic said the Council of Europe's Venice Commission gave a positive opinion on proposed amendments to five recently adopted judicial laws. She said the package should go to parliament next week, while the government expects it to help open Cluster 3 in EU talks after no chapters have been opened since December 2021.
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Brnabic: Venice Commission gave a positive opinion on changes to judicial laws
(Brnabić: Venecijanska komisija dala pozitivno mišljenje o izmenama pravosudnih zakona)
N1 relayed Ana Brnabic's June 12 statement: after the Venice Commission plenary she said amendments to five judicial laws, adopted in January on MP Ugljesa Mrdic's proposal, would go to parliament next week. Brnabic said the government defended at least three criticized solutions, including assigning prosecutor transfers to the High Prosecutorial Council, lowering the voting majority from eight to six after 30 days, and moving the separation of the third and fourth courts/prosecutor's offices to March 1.
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Coverage: Novi Sad / City services, Transport, Urbanism, Environment, Civic initiatives
Brnabic: We received the Venice Commission's positive opinion on the judicial laws
(Brnabić: Dobili smo pozitivno mišljenje Venecijanske komisije na pravosudne zakone)
021 reported that Brnabic said the Venice Commission gave a positive opinion on amendments to recently adopted judicial laws and added that the government preserved at least three publicly criticized solutions. The article also says she expects Cluster 3 to open because, according to her, the EU promised to do so after a positive commission opinion; 021 notes that Serbia has not opened new EU negotiation chapters since December 2021.
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