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Why Serbia Cannot Decide Between East and West
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Aleksandar Vučic has spent his presidency walking a delicate balance between the East and the West by applying for EU membership while also cosying up to Russia and China. But how is he able to manage this geopolitical juggling in such a divisive era?
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5 – https://euobserver.com/world/157500
6 – https://carnegieendowment.org/politika/87959
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9 – https://balkaninsight.com/2023/07/10/serbia-ready-to-use-planned-gas-terminal-in-montenegro/
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11 – https://balkaninsight.com/2023/10/17/serbia-and-china-sign-free-trade-deal-in-beijing/
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Since Donald Trump’s return to office, there has been an ongoing debate as to whether Europe should give up NATO entirely. We explain how France is quietly building a sort of European NATO, and how it might work.
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Polymarket data
https://polymarket.com/event/next-french-presidential-election
Polling
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2027_French_presidential_election
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Comparing Bardella and Le Pen
https://www.politico.eu/article/france-marine-le-pen-jordan-bardella-2027-campaign/
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@kirksdva8310
February 14, 2024 at 1:30 pm
Chinese giving to Serbia chip credit for road an Croatia paying for GP Morgan 9 procent.
@kirksdva8310
February 14, 2024 at 1:30 pm
What benefits of western in Croatia nothing .west investment is 5 Times more I Serbia den Croatia.
@kirksdva8310
February 14, 2024 at 1:30 pm
Why because is much better . West if you not dencing on western way sanction.
@zgogic3868
February 14, 2024 at 1:30 pm
Serbia like to be neutral if your little mind can comprehend.
@velja.357
February 14, 2024 at 1:30 pm
And why do we have to decide, are we breaking some rules, aren't you taught in school that the world is one? We Serbs write our own rules, our ancestors fought for our choice, at least we have a choice to decide.
@Nippleless_Cage
February 14, 2024 at 1:30 pm
So basically he wants all the benefits of EU membership, with none of the responsibilities.
@kresimirskoric3960
February 14, 2024 at 1:30 pm
Srbija je postala prcija jednog co'eka. Srbija je vlasnistvo jednog co'eka.
@user-xt6mf1wk8w
February 14, 2024 at 1:30 pm
Why we 🇷🇸 should choose?
We can cooperate with everyone? Why choosing sides? Is that a democratic or not?
@noname-mh1zv
February 14, 2024 at 1:30 pm
Non biased comment, really how is Seselj "convicted of war crimes when he's free, and has been cleared of all charges except those regarding disrespect of the court.
@VersusARCH
February 14, 2024 at 1:30 pm
Serbian economy is bound to EU economy. Serbia is surrounded by NATO and EU. Dinar is pinned to the Euro. And while pieces of the economic cake are left by the West to China (mining, steel, infrastructure projects and some arms sales) and Russia (oil and gas industry and some arms sales) probably as a small carrot on a stick the truth is West can do with Serbia pretty much what it wants.
@leonardoschiavelli6478
February 14, 2024 at 1:30 pm
Same for Turkiye. 😇
@Kynikoss
February 14, 2024 at 1:30 pm
We are east to the west and west to the east . Leave us the F alone
@MarkoFTW
February 14, 2024 at 1:30 pm
Because Russia is too far away and West does not want us.
@user-zl9sh9mz6h
February 14, 2024 at 1:30 pm
If the EU lets Serbia join, they might as well let Israel, North Korea, and Iran join, as well.
@justnothing8692
February 14, 2024 at 1:30 pm
when ukraine joins the EU BiH is Croatian maybe just maybe Serbia will join the EU
@joptoyochannel
February 14, 2024 at 1:30 pm
Serbia – State of criminals.
@snezanaivkovic6324
February 14, 2024 at 1:30 pm
Zivio Aleksandar Vucic. ❤
@miloradjaksic6717
February 14, 2024 at 1:30 pm
The EU is dead. The corpse stinks.
@asryorumcu5208
February 14, 2024 at 1:30 pm
It's simple, Slavs are not Europeans anyway. Slavic countries need to realize and accept this fact!
@aleksandartodorovic7996
February 14, 2024 at 1:30 pm
Forget bro. Serbia cannot accept EU membership during Western occupation of part of Serbia (Kosovo). During occupation, any negotiations are meaningless.
@twenty3enigma
February 14, 2024 at 1:30 pm
The last time Serbia voluntarily took sides in the struggle between two power blocks, that contributed to the triggering of World War I.
@maximkovalevskiy225
February 14, 2024 at 1:30 pm
I was in Belgrade on New Year Holidays. Here is the short part of the dialogue with a taxi driver?
– will Serbia join EU?
– never. we can’t join someone who raped us in the previous time
– can you be friends with China?
– no friendship, it is only their money and their interest
– Russia has problems now, are you sure it will be efficient to develop relationships with Russia?
– doesn’t matter, friendship is not about money
I think there is no good decision for Serbia as soon as still a lot of people remember 1999 bombings
@ozvirtualpro
February 14, 2024 at 1:30 pm
Go with referendum 99% Serbs will REJECT EU, NATO, WEST IN GENERAL… Thats why. Due to his views and concessions to the West, Vucic is considered a traitor by a large part of the population.
@Wulle90
February 14, 2024 at 1:30 pm
As far as I know Seselj was not convicted as a war criminal. He was eventualy convicted for disrespecting the Hage court by revealing the idententy of the protected witnesses. I can't bealive you would lie about that. 😮
@Komentariram
February 14, 2024 at 1:30 pm
Lot of false info in this video…. Vucic is not in power for 30 years, he was just minister of media for like few months at the end of 90', not at the beginning. He is in power from 2014. And he didn't step down as leader from SNS party because of public pressure but because as a president of a Country he can't be a leader of any party.
@wyszu1636
February 14, 2024 at 1:30 pm
I have a plan guys, let’s BAN CONTRACEPTION WORLDWIDE 🥹
@JankovicDusan
February 14, 2024 at 1:30 pm
FUCK EU FUCK NATO ŽIVELA SRBIJA
@jbservices8503
February 14, 2024 at 1:30 pm
Vucic plays the SERBIA intrests ! And is anty NAZI🙋🏻♀️🙋🙋♂️🏳️🌈🤡💩😢! YOU figure out who they are ?!
@squireson
February 14, 2024 at 1:30 pm
The Snap elections are pretty clearly demonstrating why EU won't be accepting Serbia anytime soon. Ballot stuffing and buying of votes in plain sight are pretty anti-democratic and I think the EU has seen enough of that with Hungary
@darko9449
February 14, 2024 at 1:30 pm
Of course East!!🇷🇸🇷🇺☦️
@user-dr2nm7ou9o
February 14, 2024 at 1:30 pm
Fck usa fck eu fck nato!
BRICS🇷🇸🇷🇺☦️❣️
@0082752
February 14, 2024 at 1:30 pm
EAST!!! pozdrav iz srbije
@pravda9572
February 14, 2024 at 1:30 pm
Vucic is degeneric from 90'
@izil1fe
February 14, 2024 at 1:30 pm
Serbia can and has decided between East and West.
Serbia has chosen to join EU and most citizens support this.
Problem is that the ones who are against it are about 1000x louder then the other ones and get much more media coverage because the president of Serbia is an autocrat cunt who controls basically all media in Serbia.
He is also an "ex" ultra right radical who made statements such as "100 muslims for 1 dead serb" etc..
This whole ultra radical movement in Serbia is heavily supported by Russia and their regime.
As the president of "SANU", Serbian academy of Arts and Sciences said in one interview: "I think they (RU) have a need for useful idiots in this part of the world".
In other words the relationship between Russia and Serbia is mostly because of geopolitical interests of Russia in the region.
There is about 1000x more love for Russia in Serbia by the serbs, the the other way around, where most russians dont even know where Serbia is".
Its all part of propaganda that has lasted for decades.
That said, HOW THE FK does US and NATO expect anything other than hate towards NATO (by that i mean mostly US gov) when you bombed the shit out of us 20+ years ago in a completely illegal war of aggression, without UN approval and with false pretenses. Then you basically occupied and stole/gave away one of the THREE provinces and the one with MOST history related to the people of Serbia.
It is insane.
It would be some kind of masochistic Stockholm syndromefor the serbs to love NATO these days.
Of course everyone hates NATO, you destroyed all the country's infrastructure and killed many civilians and set back the country few decades back in development.
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That said, i know for a fact that most serbs actually like americans and american tourists.
Which can be easily seen on YT in hundreds of examples of travelers from the US visiting Serbia and getting very warm welcome.
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As far as i am personally concerned, i wish to see Serbia as part of the Schengen area and EU, but NEVER EVER EVER NATO.
I also think Serbia should keep close relations with Russia and China, but keep priority on EU membership.
Also i think that Serbia must NEVER EVER EVER recognize the stolen province of Kosovo as an independent country.
That would be an act of an idiot and a traitor, and whichever president does that (Vucic has done a lot for this cause in fact, he is a traitor cunt) will probably end up like Djindjic, just for a completely opposite reason.(Djindjic was killed because he wanted to create a modern democratic Serbia where the rule of law rules, meanwhile this Vucic cunt wants to make (and he succeeded) Serbia his small Russia and everything that comes with that )
@semperaliquem5744
February 14, 2024 at 1:30 pm
Wrong question. Why should they decide between people?
@nebo1186
February 14, 2024 at 1:30 pm
we certainly wont be friends with ones that bombarded us with depleted uranium..piss off
@risbolensky3921
February 14, 2024 at 1:30 pm
I hate EU with the passion of a thousand suns. The only entity I hate even more is the United States Government
@PiterPeconi
February 14, 2024 at 1:30 pm
You are all jealous of serbia having freedoms.and souvereignity. Unlike your societies