Matter of fact? Evidence?
Evidence to the contrary: Most Serbians Want to Join European Union: Angus Reid Global Monitor
A large portion of the Serbian population is in favour of their country becoming a member of the European Union (EU), according to a poll by the Strategic Marketing & Media Research Institute [a Serbian polling firm -DoDo]. 69.3 per cent of respondents support the EU accession, while 30.7 per cent oppose it. ...On Jul. 31, Tanja Miscevic, Serbian director of the EU Integration Office, commented on the results of this particular poll, saying, "Most people associate EU membership with better living standards, prosperity, and freedom of movement, (but) are insufficiently informed about the accession process and conditions for EU membership."
...On Jul. 31, Tanja Miscevic, Serbian director of the EU Integration Office, commented on the results of this particular poll, saying, "Most people associate EU membership with better living standards, prosperity, and freedom of movement, (but) are insufficiently informed about the accession process and conditions for EU membership."
Despite Kosovo Intervention, Serbians Favor EU Membership
What does the Serbian public think about the EU? Despite that the EU has brokered the Ahtisaari Plan that would grant Kosovo a form of "supervised independence," 63% of Serbians living in Serbia say they have a "very positive" (24%) or "somewhat positive" (39%) opinion of the role the EU is playing in the Balkan region. A similar number, 62%, say they think Serbian membership in the EU would be a good thing. Just 9% feel it would be a bad thing.
data: 1) the sources and 2) the date of the survey
what makes you think tha the Serbs or their government want to join the EU ?
Nothing whatsoever. The diary was about the fact that Serbia is making the use the E75 through their country problematic and expensive, resulting in genuine difficulties for Greece, Bulgaria & Romania, as well as Turkey to trade with the rest of the EU.
I may well believe that it is in Serbia's longterm economic interest to resolve its problems with its neighbours amicably and to join with the EU, or at least achieve a favourable associate status. However, if that is not the view of Serbia's elites or its population, then who am I to argue ? keep to the Fen Causeway
Allow almost 20% of the country's national territory to be wrenched away - no Accept 50 B Eur of bombing damages, and smile thankfully at the culprits - no Accept 250 000 refugees from Croatia, while listening from certain EU members that the Serbs "deserved it" - no Be forced into a Bosnian, muslim dominated union, against the letter of Dayton and Bosnia's current constitution - no
All these issues are linked.
Serbia will do what it wants, but they must accept that if you have behaved murderously towards a segment of the population then they may not wish to be associated with you. And may indeed create problems for those assciated with those murderous behaviours who remain close at hand. That's human nature and requires political solutions with larger people of greater vision than seem currently available on either side.
As is pointing fingers as if after a schoolyard fight and saying "it's all their fault". It may be human nature, but it's not helpful. keep to the Fen Causeway
