I do not say this in order to spread defeatism, only to underline the clear fact that application for membership does not mean a substantive, but rather a formal step towards full-fledged membership in the EU.
Ovo ne govorim da bih širila defetizam, već samo da bih istakla jasnu činjenicu da molba za članstvo ne predstavlja kvalitativan, već samo formalan korak prema punopravnom članstvu u EU.