Representatives of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Serbian Renewal Movement (SPO) and Social Democratic Union (SDU), NGO sector officials and prominent public figures stated on Saturday that Serbia needs a turnover and that the country has to change its policy, especially with regard to the Kosovo-Metohija issue, if it wants to access the EU.

At the presentation of the declaration dubbed 'Serbia to Europe - Europe to Serbia' which was backed by LDP, SPO, SDU, minority parties, the Association of free and independent trade unions, organisations of the civilian society and prominent figures, LDP leader Cedomir Jovanovic underscored that 'Europe is the only acceptable lighthouse for the stray society of Serbia.'

We want (Serbian President Boris) Tadic to sign a proclamation, Jovanovic said and added that this is the only thing the president is required to do, and that the patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church and the rector of the University of Belgrade need to do the same before December 9.

He noted that representatives of his party will tour the country by that date with a view to presenting the declaration, while a big gathering would be staged in Belgrade on December 9.

SPO leader Vuk Draskovic stated that all decent and responsible people know that the country's top officials were never as irresponsible in the contemporary Serbian history as they have been over the past 20 years. Their policy and blindness, he added, have caused Serbia to lose both Kosovo and the old allies and friends in Western Europe.

SDU leader Zarko Korac stated that Serbia's democratic forces are paralysed and that all those who are against Europe are behaving aggressively and using the Kosovo issue as an argument against Europe for the umpteenth time.