Part of the representatives of the five Serbian opposition parties, who are members of the European Parliament in Strasbourg spoke about the current political situation in Serbia, they requested the introduction sanction Aleksandar Vučić. Sanctions were also requested for other high state officials.
The co-president of the Green-Left Front (ZLF), Biljana Đorđević, said that the party, together with the Movement of Free Citizens (PSG), whose leader Pavle Grbović also spoke, demands a clear condemnation of police brutality and the actions of illegal paramilitary groups, as well as specific sanctions in the form of asset freezes and travel bans for high-ranking state officials who supported violence against protesters.
Đorđević stated that those parties are seeking sanctions for Vučić, Prime Minister Đura Macuta, Parliament Speaker Ana Brnabić and Interior Minister Ivica Dačić.
"We want sanctions, a travel ban and the freezing of the assets of the key actors of the regime - Brnabić, Vučić, Matsut, Dacić, from the policemen to the officials who carried out the torture", she said and added that it is necessary to investigate whether "the money of European taxpayers is used for the corruption of the Serbian state leadership".
Representatives of the Freedom and Justice Party (SSP), ZLF, PSG, Serbia Center (SRCE) and the National Movement of Serbia (NPS) spoke about the current political situation in Serbia at the panel discussion "Serbia: Democracy at the Crossroads", organized by three political groups in the European Parliament (EP) - Socialists and Democrats, Greens and Let's Renew Europe, and in which MEPs Katlin van Brent (Socialists and Democrats), Vladimir Prebilič (Greens) and Helmut participated. Brandstetter (Renew Europe).
Šider called for the introduction of targeted sanctions against individuals in power in Serbia
Member of the European Parliament Andreas Schider called for targeted sanctions against individuals in the government of Serbia, stating that condemning attacks on peaceful demonstrators is no longer enough and that actions are needed now.
In the debate on Serbia in the European Parliament, Šider assessed that in the past ten months, too many demonstrators were beaten, tear gas was thrown, the police exceeded their powers, and all these actions were commanded by President Aleksandar Vučić personally.
Too many red lines have been crossed, Šider said and expressed the hope that the Serbian Progressive Party will no longer be part of the European People's Party.
Source: 021/FoNet