Almost daily protests have gripped Serbia since November, following the collapse of a railway station roof that killed 16 people.
The tragedy became a symbol of deep-rooted corruption in the Balkan nation, with demands for a transparent investigation growing into calls for early elections.
At their peak, the protests drew hundreds of thousands onto the streets.
But the mostly peaceful demonstrations deteriorated earlier this week when large groups of pro-government supporters – many masked and some armed with batons and fireworks – attacked protesters.
How much is this another color revolution? I know the protesters avoid European flags to stress that it’s only about Serbia. Does that correctly reflect the motivations?
I think that the protests are heading in that direction, as government becomes more violent towards protesters, their demands change
Serbia is just showing us in really time that peaceful protests are only allowed because they are an inefficient tool to enact change (at best) and a harmful tool at worst.
These protests were massive, lasted for months on end, spanned the whole country, were asking for extremely reasonable and mild changes and still haven’t accomplished anything of note.
I know that the violent side didn’t come from the students but it will be interesting to see if this changes things
I think protests would have been successful by now, if they weren’t shunned by the eu. So I wouldn’t say that the protests are unsuccessful because they are peaceful, but because they aren’t getting the political support from abroad
And why aren’t they getting political support from abroad?
Eu wants vucic in power, so he can deliver on his promise of mining lithium, which eu hopes would cut our dependence on china
Do you have any prove for that?
Thank you!
I feel sick and powerless in the face of the overwhelming flood of politicians plundering the European values of freedom, unity, and fraternity. Where do they all come from? I’ve already got a stomach ulcer from domestic politics in Germany! We need to mobilize more people, or we’re really screwed. I had so hoped that the EU would keep the right-wing governments in check, but “von der Leyen” is a CDU member and therefore even more of a collaborator.
Im afraid that time has passed, a new era of oppression and nationalism has spread through eu
