Posted on 04/30/2025 9:13:48 AM PDT by marshmallow
Guillaume Mercier reiterated the European Commission's position that the EU candidate countries allegedly "should not continue relations with Russia as if nothing happened"
BRUSSELS, April 30. /TASS/. European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos warned Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic that his trip to Russia for Victory Day celebrations on May 9 would complicate talks for Serbia to join the EU, European Commission Spokesman Guillaume Mercier told reporters in Brussels.
She gave the warning from the European Commission when she visited the country, he said.
"We warned Serbia that a visit to Moscow could complicate the process of negotiations and preparations for EU accession. We expect Serbia to reaffirm its strategic priorities," he said.
He reiterated the European Commission's position that the EU candidate countries allegedly "should not continue relations with Russia as if nothing happened."
Previously, top EU diplomat Kaja Kallas issued threats to the leaders of EU member and candidate countries planning to travel to Russia for Victory Day.
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova described such moves by Brussels as "madness that’s destructive for the EU." They make the bloc, she said, a "laughingstock in the eyes of the whole world." According to the diplomat, these actions only strengthen Russia’s position, as there are people who know about the true role that the Soviet Union played in World War II and the victory over Nazism and fascism.
Serbia should tell them to pound sand.
Serbia should laugh in their faces. The EUSSR is a dystopian failure that is going to implode with violence and rage very soon. I see lots of dead leftists in the future.
Ouch. That’s like rubbing it in.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accession_of_Ukraine_to_the_European_Union
What do Russia’s May 9 celebrations celebrate?
Victory in Europe when the Nazis surrendered to the Allies.
-— “European Commissioner for Enlargement” sounds just so cocky....
.....European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos warned Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic that his trip to Russia for Victory Day celebrations on May 9 would complicate talks for Serbia to join the EU......
Good! Serbia stay out of the EU!
I know a Serbian lady who is now a professor (with Tufts and Harvard degrees), and who is gung-ho for the EU. If Serbia decides against the EU, she may well move back here. That would be a gain for both the USA and Serbia!
EU democracy in action. Serbia doesn’t know how lucky they are.
The iron fist of the fascist EU. I hope their days are numbered. A failed experiment. They have presided over the loss of European civilization.
Whodathunk that an unelected govt would become a danger to its own people. Really surprising that that would happen. /S
One of the most depraved artifacts of this era is the way the defeat of Nazi Germany has been politicized. In 2019 at the 75th anniversary of D-Day, Russia was not allowed to send a representative. They let the German Merkel go...
And then at the 75th of VE day, the western allies pointedly excluded Russia and refused to participate. They invited western countries to send troops to march in the Victory day parade.
It’s just a-hole behavior that lead to this war.
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