9
May
2023
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2022 Report on Serbia (debate)
Dear Chairman, colleagues, Serbia is not committed to European values and has never been. You're wondering why he didn't impose sanctions on Russia. You want to know why he tolerates volunteers going to the criminal paramilitary Wagner. You do not understand how it is possible for Russian media, propaganda media on Serbian territory to broadcast freely. I'll tell you how it's possible. All that Russia does today for a hundred years and more was done by Serbia, not only with weapons like 30 years ago, but also with the theft of culture and the Croatian language. Just as Moscow denies the Ukrainian nation, so Belgrade denies more Southeast European nations. Just look at what they are doing to the Croatian minority in Vojvodina, creating an artificial Bunjevac nation to wipe out the Croats by the end. You can give Serbia billions, but it will still look to Moscow because this relationship is part of their history, identity and political mindset. The entry of such Serbia into the European Union would mean full membership of a small Russia that would undermine this community from within in the interests of a large Russia.