European Parliament

Reactions from Europe

29.January 2025 Ma. J.

Member of the European Parliament: Vučić incites violence with his statements

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.

European Parliament

28.January 2025 B. B.

European Socialists and Democrats stand in solidarity with students

"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.

Side effects

30.October 2024 Teofil Pančić

Pizz(ul)a Tonino

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

European Parliament

23.October 2024 SZ

New EP rapporteur for Serbia: After "Serbian lobbyist" Bilčik, "Serb-hater" Picula

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 Parliament

22.October 2024 B. B.

Tonino Picula is the new rapporteur of the European Parliament for Serbia

European Member of Parliament from Croatia Tonino Picula will succeed Vladimir Bilčik, who did not run for a second parliamentary term.

European Parliament

12.July 2024 B. B.

Europe of Sovereign Nations: Too Extreme for the Far Right

The Alternative for Germany gathered a few more extreme right-wing parties and formed the Europe of Sovereign Nations faction in the European Parliament. What they represent is too much even for Marine Le Pen's National Assembly, which did not want to accept them into the Patriots for Europe group.

European Parliament

09.July 2024 B. B.

Right-wing alliance "Patriots for Europe" promises "hope for nations that value their identity"

The leader of the French far-right National Assembly (RN), Jordan Bardela, will lead the newly formed right-wing grouping in the European Parliament (EP) "Patriots for Europe". After the defeat in the elections in France, Bardella pointed out that this "large grouping will affect the balance of power in Europe, the rejection of the flood of migrants, the punitive ecology and the deprivation of our sovereignty."

"Patriots for Europe"

30.June 2024 TS

Orban, Kikl and Babiš formed an alliance: The announcement of a new large right-wing group in the European Parliament

Leaders of nationalist parties in Hungary, Austria and the Czech Republic announced the formation of a new group in the European Parliament. Viktor Orbán, Herbert Kikl and Andrej Babiš announced that their goal is to create "the strongest right-wing group in the European Parliament" in a short time.

A burning political issue in Italy

17.June 2024 IN THE

Ticket to freedom: Italian woman released from detention when she was elected to the European Parliament

Activist Ilaria Salis has become a hot political issue in Italy after pictures emerged of her handcuffed in a Hungarian courtroom. She spent more than a year in prison, was sent to house arrest by the decision of the appeals court, and was released when she was elected to the European Parliament and thus gained immunity.

Epilogue of the EU elections

10.June 2024 IM / Phonet

Constitution of the new European Parliament on July 16 in Strasbourg

The President of the European Parliament, Roberta Mezzola, assessed that the results are a sign of citizens' trust that the European Parliament will continue to lead the European agenda in the next five years, but also a signal that "more work must be done".

The World

10.June 2024 MJ/FoNet

The Prime Minister of Belgium, Alexandre de Croix, resigned

Belgian Prime Minister Alexandre de Croix has announced that he will resign as prime minister after his centre-right party suffered a landslide in the polls.

Francuska

09.June 2024 IM / Tanjug

Macron dissolved the government and called elections due to the success of the far right in the elections

In the elections for the European Parliament, the party of the French president "Revival" suffered a defeat against the far-right party "National Gathering" of Marine Le Pen.

Personal attitude

09.June 2024 Uroš Mitrović

Being an MEP

Enormous privileges, side jobs, five-figure salaries, golden parachutes, a guaranteed pension and objectively little responsibility towards the voters and the countries they come from are the trademarks of the members of the European Parliament. And so it has been for decades

Analyze

07.June 2024 Nemanja Rujevic

European elections: Nothing new for Vučić and Serbia

The elections for the European Parliament will probably not change anything important in the attitude of Brussels towards Serbia. In any case, the question is not the MEPs, but the member states, what Vučić knew how to use until now. Democracy is still far behind

European Union

19.May 2024. DW

When minors vote

In five EU countries, you can vote in the European elections from the age of 16. Some experts say that an aging population has made politics increasingly biased towards pensioners and that, as a balance, perhaps 14-year-olds should be able to vote.

The European Parliament establishes a group to control the financing of NGOs

Economy

24.April 2024. FoNet

European Parliament: Six billion euros of financial aid for the Western Balkans

A third of the funds allocated by the EU to the six Balkan countries are grants, while the rest is in the form of loans with favorable interest rates, and in order to receive this aid, each of the countries must meet certain criteria

European Union

10.April 2024. MP / DW

In the shadow of the death of three girls: the European Parliament decides on the reform of the right to asylum

Early this morning, three girls lost their lives on the coast of a Greek island, when a boat with migrants ran aground. Another attempt for a better life in Europe failed, and all this just before the MEPs voted on the reform of the right to asylum.

Serbia and the European Union

23.February 2024. AI/FoNet

Post-election campaign: Waiting for the European Commission

The European Parliament said what it had to say about the Serbian elections held on December 17 - nothing good. Now it is the turn of the European Commission, the executive power of the European Union. Her moves will determine the future of Serbia, both internally and externally. That is why the delegation of Serbia against violence is going to Brussels

In anticipation of the European elections

21.February 2024. Sofia Popović

Populists are the new mainstream

Whatever the results of the upcoming elections for the European Parliament, it will not significantly affect the policy of this institution towards the events in Serbia. Over the past decade, the local authorities have managed to turn against them all but the extreme right. That this is so is shown by the fact that MPs from almost all sides of the ideological spectrum supported the resolution which says that something is seriously wrong with Serbian democracy.

Elections

14.February 2024. S.Ć./FoNet

SPN coalition in a letter to the European Parliament: We strongly support the international investigation

The leaders of the "Serbia against violence" coalition welcomed, in a letter addressed to the members of the European Parliament, the resolution on the elections in Serbia

Comment

13.February 2024. Nemanja Rujevic

The EU and Serbia: International investigation or maternal criticism

The European Parliament had its say on the Serbian elections, but it would not be the first time that Brussels and Berlin ignored it. The European Commission and the governments of the EU member states are faced with two very different options, and they will soon have to decide

Reactions to the EP resolution

08.February 2024. ZS/Danas/N1

MEPs: Serbia deserves fair elections

The European Parliament supported the request of the Serbian pro-Vrep opposition to launch an investigation into election theft in the recently held parliamentary and local elections. The European MPs emphasized that the citizens of Serbia deserve fair elections and called on the authorities in Serbia to cooperate substantially and truly.

European Union

08.February 2024. N1

The European Parliament adopted a resolution on Serbia

After the representatives of "Serbia against violence" in the European Parliament presented details of electoral irregularities, the members of the European Parliament adopted a resolution in Strasbourg calling for the implementation of an independent international investigation of irregularities in the December parliamentary, provincial and local elections in Serbia, with a special emphasis on the Belgrade elections. elections

Politics

08.February 2024. MR/N1

Tepić and Lazović in the EP: Don't leave us in the lurch

"I invite you to support the request of the Serbian pro-European opposition to send a mission to investigate," said Marinika Tepić in the European Parliament.

Politics

08.February 2024. BG/N1/Free Europe

EP resolution on Serbia: Investigation of elections and suspension of funding

In the resolution, which will be voted on today, MEPs demand an international investigation, the formation of an ad hoc commission, as well as an expert mission that would investigate what happened in the extraordinary elections on December 17.

Interview

07.February 2024. NS

Bieber: If there is pressure, Vučić may agree to international arbitration

The European Parliament will pass a harsh resolution, predicts Professor Florian Biber in an interview with "Vreme". But, he says, the key will be the pressure of the European Commission and European capitals - if it is strong enough, Vučić will have to agree to international arbitration for the sake of the elections or to definitively close the door to the EU

Comment

07.February 2024. Slobodan Georgijev

Attention control: Will Vucic pass as Gruevski?

In a country of strong passions and weak media, politicians manage to dominate the public space without doing anything at all. Will Vučić, however, pass like his partner Nikola Gruevski and will Serbia, under pressure from the outside, get free elections again?