Serbian President, aware of the content of the Brussels Agreement, is trying to distance himself from the Government, and approach the voters who have been betrayed with the empty stories of entry in the EU and cooperation with the West. The government will again ignore Nikolic’s proposal, as last time, and he will say that at least he offered something.
This will distract both parts of the electorate – the pro-European and the Euro-skeptic. This is nothing but another one play directed by SNS (Progressives) in which the role of the good cop and bad cop change, depending on who the audience is, told Bojan Pajtic, President of the Democratic Party (DS) and Prime Minister of Vojvodina.
What would you have done differently in relation to the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina?
DS supported the Brussels Agreement because it meant the continuation of European integration. This government is now risking the continuation of integration, failing to implement what was agreed. The consequence of this behaviour is a defeat that Government experienced last year: negotiations were not opened and, what is worse, in the December conclusions of the Council of Europe was not even mentioned when the first chapter could be opened. Prime Minister and the Ministers did not file a report to the Serbian parliament and, consequently, to the citizens, which shows that we are a parliamentary democracy only on paper. We are willing to share the experience and knowledge of our members and professionals who in recent years led negotiations, and thus enable the government to get out of the impasse, which will cost all of us.
