"Serbia is at a crossroads. Now we need to hear some clearer answers to very specific questions about what will happen next in Serbia," European Parliament rapporteur Tonino Picula
"We are here to listen to what the students expect and how we can help democratize Serbia and put an end to corruption," said Gordan Bosanac, deputy of the Greens group.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić is in Moscow for the Victory Parade. On the occasion of his departure to Russia, European officials had different reactions, and some MPs are looking for reactions
In Strasbourg, Tonino Picula also spoke about Serbia's attitude towards its cultural heritage, and the European Parliament assessed the General Staff case as growing political interference in the protection system.
The European Parliament's resolution on Serbia, which was adopted by a majority vote on Wednesday (May 7), demands the release of six political prisoners in Novi Sad, members of the Movement of Free Citizens and the organization Stav
The European Parliament adopted a resolution in which it is assessed that, despite some progress, Serbia still has to overcome significant obstacles on the way to the EU
In a speech in the European Parliament, the rapporteur for Serbia, Tonino Picula, assessed that the fall of the canopy in Novi Sad has become a symbol of systemic corruption, while the government is simultaneously running away from European values
Members of the European Parliament will discuss the first report and resolution of the rapporteur for Serbia, Tonino Pizzula, on Tuesday, May 6, in Strasbourg.
Systemic problems highlighted by student protests throughout Serbia were cited as particularly worrying
The students started towards their next section with the shout "Pump"
In an open letter, the dean of the Faculty of Political Sciences, Maja Kovačević, warns the European Parliament about the attempt by the authorities in Serbia to stifle university autonomy with repressive measures.
"Nobody has a clear answer to the question of how to solve the current crisis in Serbia," said the rapporteur of the European Parliament for Serbia, Tonino Picula, commenting on his three-day visit to Belgrade.
The rapporteur of the European Parliament for Serbia, Tonino Picula, was on his first visit to Serbia since taking office and wrote a sharp report. The authorities competed to tear him apart as much as possible, but they met with him anyway
When asked why she refused to shake hands with the rapporteur of the European Parliament, Tonino Picula, the President of the Serbian Parliament, Ana Brnabić, said that she shook hands with him and that journalists are trying to mislead the public.
In the latest report of the European Parliament on Serbia, author Tonino Picula pointed out that the country is lagging behind in European integration. The report points to serious problems in the rule of law, media freedom and the fight against corruption, as well as political instability caused by student protests.
Tonino Picula will be in Serbia next week, after the European Parliament discusses a report that brings serious criticism to the authorities. The document condemns attacks on demonstrators, systemic corruption, lack of media freedom and the incompatibility of Serbia's foreign policy with the EU.
The draft report points out that, despite some progress, Serbia still faces significant challenges, including the improvement of internal political dialogue.
The draft of the report on the situation in Serbia by Tonina Picula is significantly different from the documents prepared in previous years. "Now we see why Picula's arrival as rapporteur for Serbia raised so much noise among members of the government in the country," says Nikola Burazer from European Western Balkans.
Andreas Schider, head of the delegation of the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPO), said that "the Novi Sad accident is only the tip of the iceberg, which shows that the situation in Serbia is more than serious."
The European Commission monitors what is happening on the political scene in Serbia, including student protests, which are joined by other categories of society, European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos pointed out.
On the agenda of the plenary session of the European Parliament on Tuesday, and at the request of several political groups, the political crisis in Serbia will be discussed.
"Serbia is, in fact, a record holder in holding elections in regular and extraordinary terms." However, social tensions only grew after those elections," says the European Parliament's rapporteur for Serbia, Tonino Picula
The parliamentary group "Renew Europe", which is part of the European Parliament, announced that they condemn the violent reaction to the student protests, by beating young people in Novi Sad on the head with sticks.
"We are closely following the mass student protests in Serbia, fully aware of the historical power of Serbian students and the change they brought about in the 1990s with their protests against the then president Slobodan Milošević," announced the Socialists and Democrats group in the European Parliament.
Any post-Yugoslav politician, if he does not belong to the "Serbian world" by birth, orientation and actions, can only receive public and official treatment in Vučić's Serbia with nausea and gnashing of teeth of a tolerated intruder, whom we let roam the corridors of the powerful palaces just because he is arrived here as an emissary of slightly more awkward political addresses
On Tuesday, during the plenary session in Strasbourg, Croatian MEP Tonino Picula was appointed as the permanent rapporteur of the European Parliament for Serbia. Characterized as a "Serb-hater" in the media close to the government, he inherits his predecessor Vladimir Bilčik, who, on the contrary, earned the title of "SNS lobbyist" during his mandate.
European Member of Parliament from Croatia Tonino Picula will succeed Vladimir Bilčik, who did not run for a second parliamentary term.
