Defining the Anti-reformers, Redefining the Reformers
Defining the Anti-reformers, Redefining the Reformers

Author(s): Milan Pajević
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Public Administration, EU-Approach / EU-Accession / EU-Development
Published by: ISAC - Centar za međunarodne i bezbednosne poslove
Keywords: European Integration; Euro-Atlantic Integration; Serbian Political Reform; Anti-Reform Forces; NATO Partnership for Peace; Democratic Transition; Kosovo Status
Summary/Abstract: If not the retrograde forces in Serbia and their current dishonest ally, who else stands to benefit in case that Kosovo status becomes a divisive issue in Europe? Serbia’s heedless playing with a dangerous scenario is entering its final phase. Prime Minister Kostunica’s recent statement that the one onto whom harm was inflicted must respond by inflicting harm in return, clearly defines the plan of action in the coming period. Such political (mis)calculation, however, overlooks the very palpable certainty that Serbia is the only undisputed looser in such a contest. The memory of the 1990s has evidently faded for those at the political top eager for a yet another madness. Senior officials emphatically compete in issuing statements that contradict Serbia’s core developmental interests; moreover, they do not even hesitate to create a schizophrenic situation. A recent example: during the Foreign Affairs Minister Jeremic’s visit to NATO Headquarters and the official hand-over of Serbia’s Presentation Document in early September, a semi- official anti-NATO campaign was simultaneously enkindled at home, in which – among other things – even the PM’s Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) called for the Parliament to adopt a resolution ruling out Serbia’s membership in the Alliance.

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