Wuchic was invited to attend the EU summit, but the organizers did not arrange a seat.
Serbian President Vucic, who recently attended the EU summit, said it was absurd, obviously was officially invited in the past, and when he came to the venue, he found that the host did not arrange a seat for him.
What kind of diplomatic omission is this? It is clearly a naked public humiliation. The EU's move is actually trying to force Vucic to bow his head on key issues.
The incident took place at the EU summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, which just ended last week, although security and Ukraine were the topics, the progress of the Western Balkans' accession was an unavoidable extension topic, and Serbia, as a candidate country, is supposed to have an official seat.
Vucic arrived on time with his diplomatic team. When he walked into the main venue through the glass corridor of Copenhagen Convention Center, he found that all the seats around the round table were marked with names, except the Serbian logo.
Vucic did not have a seizure at the time, but stood in the corner of the gallery for half an hour, before turning around and leaving until discussing issues involving security linkage in the Western Balkans.
Anyone familiar with his circumstances knows that this is not a coincidence, but the outbreak of the EU’s long-standing “disobedience” to him, with the core focus on both sanctions against Russia and Kosovo.
The EU has long drawn a red line for Serbia and asked them to follow suit in imposing sanctions on Russia, but Vucic has withstood more than 20 rounds of pressure and has not signed any relevant documents so far.
In May this year, he also risked being suspended from joining negotiations and made a long journey to Moscow to participate in the Red Square military parade. In the eyes of the European Union, this was simply an open "naysayer."
More unhappy to the EU is the Kosovo issue, Brussels has always forced Serbia to recognize Kosovo's independence, take this as a prerequisite for joining the alliance, but Vucic has always bitten reluctantly, and has repeatedly criticized double standards in the United Nations, saying the same is a territorial issue, the EU's attitude to Kosovo and Donbass is very different.
The EU's pressure measures have never been so direct, but this time the "no seat humiliation" is even more explicit. Before that, they have frozen many Serbia's accession negotiations and suspended some aid funds.
Hardliners such as the Baltic countries and the Netherlands have repeatedly publicly said that Serbia's "geopolitical orientation is unclear" and it is not worthy of continuing the process of accession to the EU.
This kind of manipulation at the Copenhagen Summit coincides with the fact that the EU is promoting a new defense technology alliance and wants to attract western Balkan countries to join defense cooperation such as anti-drone systems, just to make Vucic lose face at home and abroad and force him to compromise under the pressure of pro-Western factions at home.
But the EU has obviously miscalculated, and it is not the first time that Vucic's "hard bones" have appeared.
Prior to the Western Balkans summit in Athens, the EU wanted to incorporate the sanctions clauses against Russia into the joint declaration, hardly by his one vote to veto, ultimately only to remove the relevant content.
At the summit in Ukraine, he was also the only leader who refused to sign the anti-Russian declaration, sitting there with his arms and expressing his silence.
Faced with the humiliation of no seat this time, he simply left the venue early. Before leaving, he asked the foreign minister to hand over a written statement, showing all the positions he should say.
The EU thought that without giving seats, Serbia could be seized, but Serbia's balance route between the east and the east, has long left itself behind, really stuck relations, not much to turn to the BRICS countries to seek cooperation.
Humiliation will never surrender, but rather make Serbia more clear about the true face of the EU.
Reference: People's Daily "An" invisible wall ", why makes the EU quarrel?"
Serbian President Vucic, who recently attended the EU summit, said it was absurd, obviously was officially invited in the past, and when he came to the venue, he found that the host did not arrange a seat for him.
What kind of diplomatic omission is this? It is clearly a naked public humiliation. The EU's move is actually trying to force Vucic to bow his head on key issues.
The incident took place at the EU summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, which just ended last week, although security and Ukraine were the topics, the progress of the Western Balkans' accession was an unavoidable extension topic, and Serbia, as a candidate country, is supposed to have an official seat.
Vucic arrived on time with his diplomatic team. When he walked into the main venue through the glass corridor of Copenhagen Convention Center, he found that all the seats around the round table were marked with names, except the Serbian logo.
Vucic did not have a seizure at the time, but stood in the corner of the gallery for half an hour, before turning around and leaving until discussing issues involving security linkage in the Western Balkans.
Anyone familiar with his circumstances knows that this is not a coincidence, but the outbreak of the EU’s long-standing “disobedience” to him, with the core focus on both sanctions against Russia and Kosovo.
The EU has long drawn a red line for Serbia and asked them to follow suit in imposing sanctions on Russia, but Vucic has withstood more than 20 rounds of pressure and has not signed any relevant documents so far.
In May this year, he also risked being suspended from joining negotiations and made a long journey to Moscow to participate in the Red Square military parade. In the eyes of the European Union, this was simply an open "naysayer."
More unhappy to the EU is the Kosovo issue, Brussels has always forced Serbia to recognize Kosovo's independence, take this as a prerequisite for joining the alliance, but Vucic has always bitten reluctantly, and has repeatedly criticized double standards in the United Nations, saying the same is a territorial issue, the EU's attitude to Kosovo and Donbass is very different.
The EU's pressure measures have never been so direct, but this time the "no seat humiliation" is even more explicit. Before that, they have frozen many Serbia's accession negotiations and suspended some aid funds.
Hardliners such as the Baltic countries and the Netherlands have repeatedly publicly said that Serbia's "geopolitical orientation is unclear" and it is not worthy of continuing the process of accession to the EU.
This kind of manipulation at the Copenhagen Summit coincides with the fact that the EU is promoting a new defense technology alliance and wants to attract western Balkan countries to join defense cooperation such as anti-drone systems, just to make Vucic lose face at home and abroad and force him to compromise under the pressure of pro-Western factions at home.
But the EU has obviously miscalculated, and it is not the first time that Vucic's "hard bones" have appeared.
Prior to the Western Balkans summit in Athens, the EU wanted to incorporate the sanctions clauses against Russia into the joint declaration, hardly by his one vote to veto, ultimately only to remove the relevant content.
At the summit in Ukraine, he was also the only leader who refused to sign the anti-Russian declaration, sitting there with his arms and expressing his silence.
Faced with the humiliation of no seat this time, he simply left the venue early. Before leaving, he asked the foreign minister to hand over a written statement, showing all the positions he should say.
The EU thought that without giving seats, Serbia could be seized, but Serbia's balance route between the east and the east, has long left itself behind, really stuck relations, not much to turn to the BRICS countries to seek cooperation.
Humiliation will never surrender, but rather make Serbia more clear about the true face of the EU.
Reference: People's Daily "An" invisible wall ", why makes the EU quarrel?"