Aleksandar Mitić, a research associate at the Institute for International Politics and Economics in Belgrade, told RTRS that significant changes in European policy towards Serbia and the Republic of Srpska should not be expected after the European Parliament elections.
“The European Parliament has always voted against the interests of the Serb people, and I think this will continue in this session if the majority is formed by centrist parties,” Mitić said, adding that today there are more people who understand Serb interests, but not enough to change EU policy.
He noted that forecasts predicted significant growth of the hard right, but centrist parties managed to improve their results.
“The most significant shift is the decline of liberal parties and the Greens, who experienced significant losses, while the hard right made a solid breakthrough with a gain of 30 to 40 seats, mainly by sovereignist parties. The majority is still held by the European People’s Party, which will likely provide the president of the European Commission and strive to suppress these sovereignist parties,” Mitić said.
Source: RTRS
