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Serbia's Parliament Approves New Government
World | July 8, 2008, Tuesday // 00:00
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Serbia's parliament has approved a new government shortly before midnight on Monday, which is made up of a pro-EU bloc and its former socialist rivals, BBC reported.
After a day-long debate, 127 of 164 lawmakers present backed the cabinet led by Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic. Twenty seven deputies were against, while 10 MPs restrained from voting.
Cvetkovic promised to take the country into the EU but emphasized that Belgrade would never recognise Kosovo's independence.
Serbia's coalition government fell in March after disagreeing on whether to suspend EU ties, following Kosovo's recognition by most EU member-states.
President Boris Tadic's alliance won May's snap general elections, but fell short of majority in the 250-strong parliament.
The new government pairs the alliance For a European Serbia (ZEC) led by President Tadic's Democratic Party (DS) with a bloc of parties led by the Socialist Party (SPS) of late President Slobodan Milosevic.
"Our plan is that at the end of this government's mandate Serbia will be ready to get into the EU," Cvetkovic said.
He himself and his cabinet ministers said they were "devoted to preserving Kosovo within Serbia", despite the declaration of independence by the majority ethnic Albanian territory in February.
After a day-long debate, 127 of 164 lawmakers present backed the cabinet led by Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic. Twenty seven deputies were against, while 10 MPs restrained from voting.
Cvetkovic promised to take the country into the EU but emphasized that Belgrade would never recognise Kosovo's independence.
Serbia's coalition government fell in March after disagreeing on whether to suspend EU ties, following Kosovo's recognition by most EU member-states.
President Boris Tadic's alliance won May's snap general elections, but fell short of majority in the 250-strong parliament.
The new government pairs the alliance For a European Serbia (ZEC) led by President Tadic's Democratic Party (DS) with a bloc of parties led by the Socialist Party (SPS) of late President Slobodan Milosevic.
"Our plan is that at the end of this government's mandate Serbia will be ready to get into the EU," Cvetkovic said.
He himself and his cabinet ministers said they were "devoted to preserving Kosovo within Serbia", despite the declaration of independence by the majority ethnic Albanian territory in February.
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