The negotiation process has been suspended since November 2018 and the tariffs remain in force. With a mini Western Balkan summit organized by German Chancellor Merkel and French President Macron in Berlin on April 29, 2019, the Franco-German attempt to restart the stalled negotiations failed. At the same time, however, the revitalized collaboration between Paris…
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Serbia and Kosovo Part IV
Beginning of the “new phase” in dialogue In July and August 2017, under the chairmanship of the EU Foreign Affairs Representative Frederica Mogherini, Aleksandar Vučić and Hashim Thači met for the first time in their new functions as Presidents of Serbia and Kosovo as part of the dialogue. After the July meeting, both sides announced…
Serbia and Kosovo Part III
At the meeting of the EU Council on June 28, 2013, the heads of state and government decided to start accession negotiations with Serbia. The full implementation of the agreement from April 19 to the end of 2013 was made a condition of the opening of the accession talks. At its December 2013 meeting, the…
Serbia and Kosovo Part II
Half a year before the next parliamentary elections, the Serbian government was thrown back on the rubble of its policy and the need to undertake a fundamental political reorientation in the short term towards EU integration, which there is no alternative, and to secure the support of a population for the next elections which it…
Serbia and Kosovo Part I
On December 9th, 2011, the Council of the EU made the positive decision regarding candidate status for Serbia postponed to spring 2012 due to the unrest in the Serbian-populated north of Kosovo. Kosovo has thus moved back into the center of Serbia’s domestic and foreign policy after years. Kosovo was the starting and ending point…
Serbia Domestic Issues
Escalating civil protests against crisis management and police violence Frustrations in Serbia about the allegedly politicized crisis management The government broke its spell in early July, fueled by another explosion in the number of infections, in nationwide civil protests. The fact that the number of infections was only under control in the short period of…
Serbia Parliamentary Elections of June 21, 2020
Serbia without opposition The parliamentary elections of June 21st became a triumph for the SNS of President Vučić, represented at the same time a significant step on the way to the abolition of democracy in Serbia. For the first time in the history of the Serbian multi-party system only 3 parties (from the 21 to…
Serbia Opposition Protests against the Vučić
Opposition protests against the Vučić regime escalate On March 17, 2019, the civil protests that had been going on for months escalated due to the violent penetration of several opposition politicians and party supporters into the building of the state television station RTS. One and a half dozen demonstrators were immediately arrested and some were…
Serbia Corona Crisis Management
As in the rest of the world, politics and the state in Serbia were completely reduced from March 2020 and focused on crisis management of the corona pandemic. In relation to its neighboring states in the Western Balkans, this management was characterized by its strongly populist-authoritarian character. Serbia had its first official corona case on…
Serbia 2017 Presidential Election
Prime Minister Vučić wins the 2017 presidential election The five-year term of office of President Tomislav Nikolić ended in mid-2017. As early as the end of 2016, the presidential elections, which had yet to be scheduled, determined the political stage and indicated a crisis in the previously undisputed regime of Prime Minister Vučić, combined with…