Vučić: BIA says it has proof students lied about being wiretapped, EU will not admit Serbia

Aleksandar Vučić says Serbia will stay on the European path even though, in his view, the European Union will not accept the country as a member. Speaking to Informer television from Niš, the Serbian president said that would not stop him from maintaining relations with other parts of the world.

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I will not give up the European path, but I am aware that they will not accept us.

“I will not give up the European path, but I am aware that they will not accept us,” Vučić said. He described Serbia’s road to the EU as neither short nor simple and said he was governing rationally and responsibly while attracting investors from different parts of the world, as long as he retained the confidence of citizens.

Vučić also said the Security Intelligence Agency, known as the BIA, had informed him that it possessed evidence that student representatives and his political opponents had lied about being wiretapped. He said he would not engage further with the allegations, calling them “a repeat of the Macedonian scenario.”

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This is a repeat of the Macedonian scenario.

The president dismissed calls from citizen assemblies and students in Niš who said he was not welcome in the city. He cited 12 factories, a clinical center and a science and technology park that he said he had brought or built there. He also predicted that former Kosovo President Hashim Thaçi would be convicted for contempt of court, but not for crimes against Serbs. On the funeral of convicted Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladić, Vučić said he had acted without regard to criticism from Europe or his political opponents. He warned that a change of government could lead to Serbs being pressured to attend Thompson concerts and chant “For the Homeland, Ready,” describing that as a possible price of new cooperation in Europe.

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When you make a decision, you have to stand behind it.