Today Council President Costa and Commission President Von der Leyen are to meet Serbian President Aleksandar Vuĉić. Green and Left MEPs expressed their concerns given the recent protests (which I witnessed last week) www.politico.eu/wp-content/u... - ThreadSky

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diegonaranjo.bsky.social • 14 days ago

Today Council President Costa and Commission President Von der Leyen are to meet Serbian President Aleksandar Vuĉić. Green and Left MEPs expressed their concerns given the recent protests (which I witnessed last week) https://www.politico.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/19/Letter-to-EC-President-on-Serbia-1.pdf

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diegonaranjo.bsky.social•14 days ago

“The EU keeps doing business as usual with Vučić as if nothing happened, ignoring hundreds of thousands Serbs on the streets,” Slovenian Green MEP Vladimir Prebilič told Politico. https://www.politico.eu/article/serbia-government-resign-milos-vucevic-aleksandar-vucic-floats-new-elections/

diegonaranjo.bsky.social•14 days ago

Students are leading the protests, which have 4 clear demands which are straightforward. They ask for an investigation of the accident in Novi Sad, to prosecute those who attacked protesters, to free imprisoned protesters and to increase funding for education https://diem25.org/serbian-student-protests-a-shining-light-in-the-fight-for-democracy/

diegonaranjo.bsky.social•14 days ago

Of course, the core of the EU enthusiastically meeting Serbian authoritarian President is... lithium: "At one stroke, Serbia became a strategic partner and the guarantor for the future of the European Green Deal" https://www.boell.de/en/2024/09/30/mining-lithium-undermining-democratic-future-eu-deal-takes-serbia-further-europe

diegonaranjo.bsky.social•14 days ago

People in Serbia (especially in big cities) seem to be all tired of the current situation. From former hooligans to taxi drivers to local farmers, the support for the protests is widespread. The EU risks again giving the impression of double standards when material interests are at stake

diegonaranjo.bsky.social•14 days ago

The dinner of Costa and Von der Leyen with Vuĉić is scheduled for 6pm today. Will the EU send a strong signal today defending the right to protest and the rule of law, or will they just discuss lithium? According to the reporting, just the latter.

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