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There is no doubt that Kosovo is going to be the key focus in the Serbian elections set for 11 May, since the province's declaration of independence led to the collapse of the Serbian government in mid-March. This is also due to the growing divide between Serbian President Boris Tadic's Democratic Party (DS), on the one side, and Kostunica's Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) and the Radical Party, on the other side, over the country's EU membership plans. Even though neither side is willing to give up on Kosovo, Tadic says that Serbia's place is in the EU and that only through EU membership could Serbia win Kosovo back, while Kostunica refuses any EU reforms until Kosovo is part of Serbia.