EU is becoming more and more like a strange flower blooming on the European land. For example, the EU’s position on the Russia-Ukraine conflict. In fact, the EU does not want any country to shout and kill beside it, and does not want to see war in Europe. and turmoil, but after the war between Russia and Ukraine really started, they did not make decisive and substantive efforts to mediate the situation. Instead, they acted as an accomplice in aid to Ukraine and sanctions against Russia. What is even more incomprehensible is that the EU even regards "joining the EU" as a bargaining chip to force other countries to choose sides against Russia. Serbia has been subjected to this kind of coercion many times, but each time he behaved very toughly.
According to observer website , recently, Serbian Interior Minister Alexander Vulin publicly stated that the current "military conflict with Russia" seems to have become a condition for a country to quickly join the EU, but if this is the case, Serbia will There will be no rush to join the EU. He also sarcastically said that if war could become the only criterion for joining the European Union, Serbia could start negotiations as early as 1999, but this obviously does not apply to countries that have been bombed by NATO .
These words indeed hit the point. The EU is an economic and political community, and it is more inclined to an economic community. In the final analysis, it is all about uniting and pursuing development, without establishing economic and trade barriers between each other, and revitalizing the economy together to make money. However, today's EU is increasingly putting the cart before the horse, putting politics first, and making "entry into the EU" a bargaining chip to exchange political interests with countries seeking to join the EU. Currently in the EU, the biggest political correctness is anti-Russia.
The EU "big guys" actually don't want to turn against Russia, but they have no choice. Due to long-term infiltration by American forces, the EU's antagonism with Russia in terms of ideology has been solidified. Now it is only in the anti-Russian The road went dark in an alley. For example, major countries such as France, Germany and Italy have recently adopted a unified tone of "promoting peace and promoting talks", but they still provide Ukraine with advanced self-propelled howitzers such as "Caesar" and PzH2000, and they still sanction Russia at least verbally. In this distorted political atmosphere, it is not difficult to understand that the EU uses "joining the EU" as a bait.
What Wulin said is not entirely correct. Regarding Ukraine, although the EU hastily agreed to Ukraine becoming an EU candidate country this time, it did not necessarily do so because Ukraine and Russia were at war. Instead, it had its own unspoken calculations. What's more, if Ukraine really joins the EU, we don't know when it will be. This is just coaxing Zelensky. But the EU's use of "joining the EU" to coerce Serbia is not unfair at all. In the middle of this month, EU President Von der Leyen personally warned: Serbia wants to join the EU, but it must prove that it "shares the same values as the EU." What are the EU values? Von der Leyen further explained that it is a "negative attitude towards Russia's military actions in Ukraine." The EU is holding out "entry into the EU" for a price, which is disgusting.
I have to praise Serbia for its toughness. Wulin's reply to the EU was very powerful, saying that although the EU has issued many "ultimatums" to us, Serbia will only stand on the side of "itself" and "historical correctness". He also pointed out that this is just the beginning of the EU's "conditions" on Serbia. If Serbia opens its mouth on "choosing sides", the EU will continue to raise conditions in the future. There is no guarantee that it will only push Serbia to impose sanctions on Russia, rather than Let Serbia be involved in the Ukraine conflict . Wulin seemed to get angrier as he spoke, and criticized the United States and its allies as having "everything except morality."
It has been four months since the war between Russia and Ukraine began. It is still unclear what benefits this war has brought to the EU, but there are many disadvantages.For example, the refugee flow, there are probably tens of millions of refugees in Ukraine so far, and this must be borne mainly by the EU; another example is energy security, the EU's oil, especially natural gas , mainly relies on Russian imports, and the war continues , oil and gas prices cannot fall, and are threatened by supply cuts from time to time; the same goes for food security. Russia and Ukraine are both Europe's "granaries." Now that even the granaries have been beaten to pieces, why should Europeans go hungry?
Either the EU imposes sanctions on Russia itself, or it threatens other countries to impose sanctions on Russia. This will only anger Russia more, make this war last longer, and is not good for the EU. Is the EU pressing Serbia so hard because it is jealous that the country is in Europe but enjoys the energy convenience provided by Russia alone, and wants to use Serbia as a burial object in the Russia-Ukraine conflict? For Serbia, it would be good to join the EU and be truly integrated into Europe. However, if the price charged by the EU is too high politically, Serbia will have to give up. It does not mean that it cannot live without "joining the EU".
