Dragan Đilas' Personal Opinion: It's High Time for Us and Europe to Change
They say it's not the time now to talk about Europe, to make a decision. True, the right time was 35 years ago. It should have been then. We are already 35 years late…
TL;DR
- Serbia is 35 years late in making the decision to join Europe.
- While other countries like Moldova, Ukraine, North Macedonia, Montenegro, and Albania want to join the EU, Serbia's leadership is fighting against it.
- The author contrasts his past pro-European student activism with the current leadership's opposition to Europe.
- The author accuses the current leadership of creating fake media, civil society organizations, prosecutors, and even students to support them.
- The author claims the leadership lies about Serbia's economic status and avoids Europe because it cannot create a 'fake' Europe.
- Serbia has the right to be a first-class citizen in Europe, having invested millions of lives in World Wars I and II.
- The article expresses hope for change and expects Europe to support Serbia's efforts to become a full EU member by 2030.