In a report the Commission said Serbia had "actively and constructively" engaged in dialogue with Kosovo and had improved its co-operation with Eulex, the EU rule-of-law mission in Kosovo.
Beyond these great constitutional questions and our current dialogue on European co-operation, it looks unlikely that there will be other areas for co-operation in this parliament.
"There has to be progress on the political dialogue, there has to be progress on terrorism and there has to be progress on trade and co-operation and the three have to be linked, " Mr Patten said for his part.