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Ponoš: Vučić has dropped the gloves and is contesting elections by saying Serbia will not join the EU

From N1 Serbia · () Serbian

Translated from Serbian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Opposition leader Zdravko Ponoš said President Aleksandar Vučić has abandoned the longstanding electoral goal of Serbia joining the European Union.
  • Ponoš said Vučić and the Serbian Progressive Party had campaigned on European integration since 2012, including a 2020 promise to complete EU talks by 2024 and potentially join by 2027.
  • He accused Vučić of misleading voters and criticized his recent attacks on EU enlargement commissioner Marta Kos, the opposition and Croatian singer Thompson.

Zdravko Ponoš says Aleksandar Vučić has “dropped the gloves.” In a post on X, the Serbia Center (SRCE) leader said the upcoming election would be the first Vučić has contested while claiming that Serbia will not become a member of the European Union.

dropped the gloves

· Zdravko PonošHe used the phrase to characterize Vučić’s stated position on Serbia’s EU membership prospects.

Ponoš said Vučić now argues that Serbia will not join because “they will not accept us.” He recalled that Vučić and the Serbian Progressive Party had campaigned since 2012 with European integration and EU membership as their strategic objective.

He also pointed to a 2020 promise that Serbia would complete negotiations with the EU by 2024 and could become a member by the end of 2027. Ponoš called that promise a deception, saying it remained the declared policy during elections while Vučić acted against the goal between campaigns.

they will not accept us

· Aleksandar Vučić, as quoted by Zdravko PonošPonoš summarized Vučić’s explanation for why Serbia would not join the European Union.

Ponoš said Vučić had been particularly “inspired” the previous day, accusing him of rejecting EU membership, insulting EU enlargement commissioner Marta Kos, frightening the public with warnings about the opposition and praising Croatian nationalist singer Thompson. He ended by calling Vučić an “unvarnished radical.”

unvarnished radical

· Zdravko PonošHe used the phrase at the end of his criticism of Vučić’s recent statements and conduct.
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Originally published by N1 Serbia in Serbian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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