2 hours agoCzech Eurodeput: We've been too neutral towards Serbia, but enough is enough
Periskopi(5 hours ago)
(5 hours ago)The Czech Eurodeput, Thomas Zdechovsky of the European People's Party (EPP), says it has been shaken by Serbian Minister Snezana Paunovic's statements concerning Kosovo's ethnic cleansing by Albanians.
In an interview in Klan Kosova, the Czech MP says confident that if Paunovic continues to stay in the government, the EU will interrupt membership negotiations with Serbia.
No one who wants to join the European Union can support what it declared. And to remember what Slobodan Milosevic has done, it was clearly genocide against the people of Kosovo. If this minister continues to remain a member of the Serbian government, I am sure that the European Union will not continue with communication and negotiation for Serbia to enter the EU”, Zdechovsky said.
Among other things, he says he was shocked by the Serbian minister's statements remained many of his European Parliament colleagues.
It is very necessary to be clear that if someone who has this opinion and stays in the government of a democratic country, then something doesn't go here and you can't be a member of the European Union. The EU is VIP club for democratic countries”, the Czech Eurodeput stressed.
Thomas Zdechovsky thinks Europe has been “very neutral towards Serbia for a long time during”.
We have not criticised the current president there, who has many corruption scandals that are very close to Russia's Vladimir Putin, he supports the Chinese against the European Union, he never took any action against Russian agents and Russian propaganda. And yes, we've been patient for a long time”.
But that's enough. Serbia has the last opportunity to be part of the democratic world. If Serbia continues this way, then we are sending strong orders that we do not want Serbia in the EU, and they may be part of Russia. They can go to Putin's land, and spend all their time with Russian President”, Zdechovsky said.
In the end, he said it is of the opinion that the “will actually freeze our relations with Serbia, and there will be serious consequences”.
“I can't tell you more, but we're discussing how we're going to act if Serbia wants to continue so”, the Czech Eurodeputt concluded, Thomas Zdechovsky.
