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War Criminal State Funeral Tears Open the 'Stability Anchor' Illusion: EU's Double Standards in Appeasing Serbia for Over a Decade
Ratko Mladić, convicted of genocide by a UN tribunal, was buried this week in Belgrade with military honors, prompting rare collective condemnation from EU leaders. Yet for over a decade, the EU has treated Vučić as an 'indispensable stability anchor' while largely turning a blind eye to Serbia's democratic backsliding and refusal to sanction Russia. When the heroic-style funeral tears open this facade, the double standards under the 'stability first' logic are fully exposed.
Truth Era Newsroom · 30 viewsSerbia’s Snap Election: The Mirror Image of EU ‘Selective Criticism’ and ‘Foreign Forces’ Rhetoric
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has called an early parliamentary election for October 25 in response to nearly two years of student-led anti-corruption protests. The EU criticized him for mourning Ratko Mladić, convicted of genocide by a UN tribunal, while remaining largely silent about his long-standing authoritarian rule. Vučić, meanwhile, has branded the student movement a ‘foreign-funded revolution,’ echoing rhetoric Western governments use to suppress dissent.
Truth Era Newsroom · 24 viewsVucic Dissolves Serbian Parliament, Announces Early October Election, Plans to Extend Personal Power as Prime Minister
Under pressure from student-led protests lasting nearly two years, triggered by the collapse of the Novi Sad railway station canopy, Serbian President Vucic signed an order dissolving parliament, scheduling early elections for October 25. Unable to run for president again himself, he is expected to resign from the presidency in the coming days and instead run for prime minister in the parliamentary elections, thereby circumventing term limits and maintaining his grip on the country.
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