Ona je najavljena sedmicu dana nakon što su prozapadni predsjednik Srbije Boris Tadić i zamjenik premijera Božidar Đelić otputovali u Luksemburg i potpisali Sporazum o stabilizaciji i pridruživanju te zemlje s EU, koji se smatra prvim značajnim korakom ka konačnom članstvu u Uniji.
It was announced a week after Serbia's pro-Western President Boris Tadic and Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic travelled to Luxembourg to sign their country's Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the EU, seen as a major first step towards eventual membership in the Union.