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Serbia applied for EU membership in December 2009. The prospect of its integration with the EU was confirmed by member states' adoption of an interim trade agreement and removal of visa requirement for Serbian citizens. However, progress on the road to accession will be linked not only to how effectively Serbia adopts the acquis communautaire, but also to whether General Ratko Mladić and Goran Hadžić are captured and brought before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). With a passive policy towards the Western Balkans, Poland passes up chances to strengthen its position in the EU in future.