Monday, 6 July 2026

Belgrade Hosts Conference of Speakers of Parliament of EU Candidate Countries

On 7 and 8 July, Belgrade will host the Conference of Speakers of Parliaments of EU Candidate Countries, which will be attended by the highest parliamentary officials of EU membership candidate countries.


The conference will be officially opened at the Palace of Serbia on Tuesday, 7 July, at noon, by the Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, Ana Brnabic, and the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Ruslan Stefanchuk.

Afterwards, the EU candidate countries’ speakers of parliament will have a panel, which is open to the media.

The topic of the dialogue is "European integration in new geopolitical circumstances: the role of parliaments of candidate countries in strengthening European cooperation and advancing the process of accession to the European Union".

On the sidelines of the Conference, at 3:30 pm, the Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, Ana Brnabic, will have a bilateral meeting with the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Ruslan Stefanchuk.

The Belgrade Conference, as a joint initiative of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia and the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, is an excellent opportunity to exchange experiences of different countries’ European path, and a chance for joint and synchronised action on the path to membership. The role of national parliaments in European integration and various models for strengthening interparliamentary cooperation of candidate countries will also be discussed.

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tuesday, 7 july
  • 10.00 - continuation of the Eighth Extraordinary Session of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, 14th Legislature (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square)

  • 10.30 - the members of the PFG with Italy, the Holy See and the Sovereign Order of Malta meet with the Deputy Prime Minister of Italy (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)

  • 11.00 - the Head and members of the PFG with the Benelux meet with a delegation of the Belgian Federal Parliament (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)

  • 11.50 - the National Assembly Deputy Speaker and Chairperson of the European Integration Committee and the Committee members meet with the delegation of the Belgian Federal Parliament (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)

  • 12.00 - press conference of the Party of Freedom and Justice Parliamentary Group (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)

  • 12.00 - the National Assembly Speaker at the opening ceremony of the Conference of Parliament Speakers of EU Candidate Countries (Palace of Serbia, 2 Mihajlo Pupin Boulevard, Belgrade)

  • 12.15 - the Serbian youth, members of the folklore group “Morava”, Cleveland, Ohio, visit the National Assembly House (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square)

  • 15.30 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with the Chairman of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada (Palace of Serbia, 2 Mihajlo Pupin Boulevard, Belgrade)

  • 16.45 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with the Moldovan Parliament Speaker (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 1)

  • 17.30 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with the Georgian Parliament Speaker (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 1)

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