EU’s first Diplomat to Serbia: No paper reform
Visit to the European Union Supreme Representative of Foreign Policy and Security Policy Kaya Kalas has marked the hardening of recently the tone of the bloc to the authorities in Serbia, with Kalas explaining that she has discussed with representatives of the ruling need to make reforms related to the freedom of the media, the fight against corruption and the election reform.
« And the next steps are very clear, » she continues. « They include media freedoms, fighting corruption, electoral reforms. Reforms must be realistic, not just to detect paper squares. » The reforms, according to her, will bring real benefits to citizens. Kalas also relevant to the student protests of the last months, which began after the collapse of the visor of the railway station in Novi Sad in November, took the lives of 16 people.
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« These reforms will bring real benefits to Serbia citizens and hundreds of thousands of protesters have requested this in recent weeks. Universities’ independence should be respected, » Callas said as the blockade of Serbian universities continues. Teachers from different higher education institutions have announced that they will pass a petition on Friday to convene early parliamentary elections – something that President Alexander Vucic has excluded for the time being after the resignation of Milos Vuchevic as prime minister (Juro Matsut was appointed in his place).
Meet with opposition
According to Calas, in the course of the conversations, issues related to the security of borders, relations with neighbors, normalize relations with Kosovo were also mentioned. She called on representatives of Belgrade and Pristina to overcome the past and to work for the future, to come to Brussels to discuss specific steps.
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In Pristina, her call for Kosovo was later to work to form a government after the result of the February 9 election made it difficult for the formation of a majority and parliament failed to elect a chairman.
Among the topics of the conversation was the ongoing detention of activists in the arrest, asking for all Member States and candidates to respect human rights. She also commented on Vucic’s visit to Moscow for Victory Day – sharply criticized in the EU – saying that it does not understand why it is necessary to stand « side by side with someone who waged a full -scale war in Ukraine » and that the president explained his reasons for this visit to a thorough conversation.
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Kalas also met with representatives of the opposition, some of whom assured her that the fall of Vucic’s regime was a matter of time and they pointed out that she had not succumbed to the propaganda of power. The Serbian opposition has repeatedly accused Brussels of remains deaf for problems in the country around protests and other turmoil because it supports the president.
