Picula: Vuciq would like to cause unrest in northern Kosovo, but spent loans with the attack on Banjska

The Eurodeput and rapporteur for Serbia at the European Parliament, Tonino Picaula, said Serbian President Aleksandar Vuciq “would like to cause unrest in northern Kosovo”, but that he cannot do so at the moment because, he says, “has spent all of his credits after incuring Serbian paramilitary groups in Banjska in 2023<3>.

In an interview for Croatian media “Jutarnji list”, Picaula stresses that Vuciqi's current strategy is aimed at destabilising, but without direct use of force.

Vuciq would now like to cause unrest in northern Kosovo, but he spent all his loans after inciting Serb paramilitary groups in Banjska in 2023, when a Kosovo police officer was killed”, Picula said, commenting on the security situation in the region.

Picula, who comes from Croatia, estimates that any possible destabilisation in Kosovo would now cost Vuciqi dearly, and for that reason he is more focused on internal political tensions and on “provocations to Croatia”.

Speaking of Serbia's further European perspective, Picaula said Serbia cannot become an EU member until it recognises Kosovo's independence and gives up the Serbian <x0-world policy”.

“Vucciq is using the EU as ATMs. Serbian citizens are exposed to a narrative favouring brotherly and friendly ties with Beijing and Moscow, while the West and the EU have demonstrated. If a referendum is held tomorrow for Serbia's entry into the EU, a spectacular” should not be expected, Picaula said. /Periscope/