Zrenjanin: Serbia is “existentially tied to the EU”; that’s what Boris Tadic, the Democratic Party (DS) leader and Serbian President said while he was campaigning in Vojvodina yesterday.

Tadic, who toured an industrial zone in Zrenjanin, before attending a rally of his coalition in the same town, said that nearly two million Serbians are in some way connected to European companies; Serbia is therefore “existentially tied to the EU”.

“700,000 families have members that either work for these companies, or for those that supply them. Thousands of such factories could spring up in Serbia, if Serbia moves toward Europe, and for Serbia to move toward Europe, we must sign the contract on stabilization and association,” Tadic said in reference to the SAA.

Mla?an Dinkic, Tadic’s collation partner, G17 Plus leader, and economy minister in the caretaker government, who also visited the Italian Fulgar plant in Zrenjanin with Tadic, said, “There is no doubt that on May 11 we must speed up the process of European integration, so that more people get jobs.”