Serbs vote on Sunday in a snap general election widely seen as the most important since the overthrow of Slobodan Milosevic in 2000. The vote could decide whether the Balkan country heads towards integration with the European Union or returns to isolation. A pro-Western alliance led by President Boris Tadic is running neck and neck with ultra-nationalists. Kosovo's declaration of independence has boosted the hardliners. Disagreements over how to react when most EU countries recognised Kosovo led to the collapse of a fragile coalition between Mr Tadic's Democratic Party and Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica's nationalist Democratic Party of Serbia.
The vote could decide whether the Balkan country heads towards integration with the European Union or returns to isolation.
A pro-Western alliance led by President Boris Tadic is running neck and neck with ultra-nationalists.
Kosovo's declaration of independence has boosted the hardliners.
Disagreements over how to react when most EU countries recognised Kosovo led to the collapse of a fragile coalition between Mr Tadic's Democratic Party and Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica's nationalist Democratic Party of Serbia.
There are, of course, different ways to describe it, but I cannot help but feel that "modernists" who wish to embrace the EU are being practical, whilst the nationalists are harking back to a romatic past that has little function in the 21st century.
But there is little we can do except watch it happen and hope it doesn't become too emotional. keep to the Fen Causeway
See the life of Goya for a good example of this. When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes
Such a fracture is long in existance. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
