Serbian students wrapped 1400km to help the EU
The 1,400 -kilometer road He started from Novi Sad and led through Hungary, Slovakia, Austria and Germany to Strasbourg, eastern France, and lasted 14 days. The goal was the European Council. About the technical details and human side of the road In our previous article We wrote.
The march started on April 5, and cyclists in every city with a major Serbian community (or surrounded) were welcomed by a huge crowd with cheerfulness, food, gifts and plenty of love. This was no different in Budapest, on the second night of travel, where local Serbs were anesthetized in their own homes.
One of the organizers, Gyorgye Stosity, who kept and helped them with the students, talked about what the arrival was like.
« We were the organizers, we came to the scene a little in front of the cyclists to help with the students. Many of the local Serbs came to greet the students, but there were also those who came straight from Serbia just to support the movement. » He began.
The arrival venue was set up, with French musicians and singers performing Serbian folk songs.
« Once the crowd was » there! They arrived! « , And then the wave of excitement ran all the way. People shouted, whistled, some were crying. The cyclists were crying, even though they were exhausted, jumped with the crowd and celebrated. He had a piano bike, he played the anthem while turning » – He told me.
The next day the students went to the European Council building, where from 11:52 to 16 minutes silent silence was sacrificed Novi Sad tragedy before his victims. They then handed over their letter to the council, summarizing the events of the last 6 months and what led the country’s problems.
Following the official handover, Irena Jovel from the European Parliament, the European free alliance, the Greens from Goran Bosanack and Fabienne Keller from Renew Europet.
It has not stopped here, as the European Youth Center was treated with Deputy Secretary-General Bjórn Berge and Matthias Gruden, director of democratic participation.
« Celebrating the long journey and the goals that were achieved, the evening was full of air and enjoying the beautiful city. The next day we went back to Serbia with the bikes and our caravan, where we will continue to fight! » – Gyorgye added!
While the 80 students turned to the Union for help, Until their homeland The demonstrations continued. The closure of different traffic nodes is already commonplace, just as the universities blockade. However, a new development that on 14th successfully placed under blockade Belgrade is state television and radio and has been held since thenand local television buildings in Vojvodina.