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"Serbia a captured state, a problem for the Balkans and the EU", the harsh editorial of 'The Guardian'

2024-01-03 11:46:25Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
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Protests in Serbia

The prestigious British "The Guardian" has dedicated an editorial to the situation after the elections in Serbia and the position of the president of this country, Aleksandar Vucic, in relation to the neighbors.

Referring to the statement of the Serbian president about the elections, the British newspaper writes that the winning party of the elections, that of President Vucic, SNS, is mistakenly called the Progressive Party.

The December 17 poll, said a statement from its international monitoring team, was conducted under "unfair conditions", marred by "bias in the media, pressure on public sector workers and misuse of public resources". Cases of intimidation and "serious irregularities" including vote buying and ballot stuffing were noted. Other accusations have been made that Bosnian Serbs were bussed en masse to vote fraudulently in Belgrade", writes "The Guardian".

The acting Serbian Prime Minister, Ana Brnabic, has thanked the Russian security services for, as she said, the information they gave her about what was being prepared in Belgrade on Sunday, namely the violent protests. Thus, Brnabic has once again highlighted the connection between the secret services of Russia and the Serbian BIA, since Vucic's hooligans were the ones who intended to present the opposition protests in Serbia in a different way.

According to the British paper, the erosion of democratic norms and the rule of law in Serbia has gradually accelerated since the SNS took power over a decade ago - a textual process of state capture overseen by the president since 2017.

"An autocratic nationalist whose political instincts were forged in the Milosevic era, Vucic also uses his power and influence to foment discord in the Western Balkans, where ethnic Serb secessionist campaigns are backed by Belgrade. But the ambition to draw Serbia into the EU's orbit – and away from Russian influence – has softened Western criticism to a compromising degree, especially since the invasion of Ukraine,” writes 'The Guardian'.

Threats of renewed regional conflict promise to force a harder line in Brussels and Washington.

In November, Vucic ominously predicted that the year 2024 would bring "much more conflict and turmoil" in both Kosovo and Serbia, the ethnic Serb entity in Bosnia-Herzegovina. In the latter, Bosnian Serb separatist leader Milorad Dodik has threatened to tear up the 1995 Dayton peace accords in the name of Serbian national unity. In Kosovo - whose independence Belgrade continues to refuse to recognize - serious outbreaks of conflict in the north have raised fears of a future secession attempt.

"The hopes that the prospect of EU membership will convince the government of Serbia to adhere to the democratic norms in the country and to refrain from undermining the neighboring states have turned out to be unfounded. But the strategic goal of isolating Russia - also unfulfilled - means that the West continues to allow Vucic too much license to pursue his authoritarian, ethno-nationalist agenda", writes "The Guardian".

"So far, the EU has chosen not to do this, through an understandable fear – shared by the Joe Biden administration – of leaving the Balkans even more open to the influence of Moscow and Beijing. But as he entrenches himself further into the EU's eastern backyard, treating Vucic as some kind of troublemaker who will eventually mend his ways doesn't work," writes "The Guardian".


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