WORLD NEWS FOR MONTENEGRO DIASPORA
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SOURCE: ANTENA M – AUTHOR: M.J. GDNUS
Croatian MEP Tomislav Sokol said that the worrying Serbian politics in Montenegro, which is currently part of the government there and is working hard to pull Montenegro into the 'Serbian world', are worrying.
According to him, the targeted disruption of relations with Croatia, the violation of the Constitution and the announcement of the adoption of a new citizenship law, which would mean the end of Montenegro as an independent state, are, he believes, part of this policy of Belgrade, with the strong participation of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
-Unfortunately, all of this was facilitated by the failed policy of some Western actors, who have been Vučić's favorites for years - said Sokol.
He points out that Serbia is an autocratic state in which Aleksandar Vučić and his party govern almost all segments of society.
The media, he adds, are under complete control of the government and political freedoms are extremely limited.
-Serbia's foreign policy relies on extracting concessions from both Russia and the West, or on sitting on two chairs. In parallel, Vučić is pursuing a hegemonic policy of aggressively expanding Serbian influence in neighboring countries - he points out.
The demonstrations we are witnessing, he says, represent a rebellion of various social groups that see no perspective in today's Serbia.
-The tragedy in Novi Sad was a reason for the rebellion, but there are many more causes. However, one must be realistic. The problems in Serbia are much deeper than Vučić and the SNS and are rooted in the fact that this country has never accepted responsibility for its own failures in the past - Sokol assesses.
As he says, only when all layers of Serbian society realize that there is nothing to be gained from some kind of Balkan hegemony and that the role of a regional power is a mere illusion, will it be possible to talk about a serious European perspective for Serbia.
