The toughest position is held by the Netherlands, which, contrary to the wishes of the other 26 EU members, said it would continue to block Serbia's further association with the EU until the country hands over Mladic to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), thereby fulfilling co-operation with the tribunal.
Najoštrije stajalište zauzima Nizozemska koja, suprotno željama drugih 26 članica EU, kaže kako će nastaviti s blokadom daljnjeg priključenja Srbije EU dok zemlja ne preda Mladića Međunarodnom kaznenom sudu za bivšu Jugoslaviju (MKSJ), čime bi ostvarila suradnju sa sudom.