Last night, the European Parliament adopted a resolution condemning Russia for wanting to use ethnic tensions in the Western Balkans to inflame conflicts and divide the community. The resolution is a political act, but it is important because it condemns foreign interference in the democratic processes in the European Union. It received strong support with 552 votes in favor, only 81 against and 60 abstentions.
Political analyst Adnan Huskic believes that the Western Balkans is not a region where the overflow of conflict can be expected to the extent that could be expected in Modlavia or countries that are directly leaning towards Russia.
“However, Russia has defined a sphere of its influence in that sense, and I think that the red line was drawn then with Georgia, where it was shown how far this pro-Western orientation or the western orientation of the countries that were previously in the Soviet sphere could go. However, I would say that there is a possibility of using the Western Balkans as a suitable chip for subterfuge with the West in terms of the negative impact that Russia can and has here, especially recently, in terms of destabilization. the other day where he said that there are alternatives and that there should be talks about alternatives to EU membership, that there does not necessarily have to be a consensus at the moment that BiH should join the EU, that is the position I first heard from my mouth the previous Russian ambassador.”
He says that the visit of the German Minister of Foreign Affairs to Sarajevo, Belgrade and Pristina is extremely important.
“Especially because so far we have had a German policy to which the Western Balkans unfortunately belonged in the division of relations. France dealt with some other issues and felt in a way this situation when Angela Merkel left, and after Mr. Scholz is still not enough affirmed in that scene to become a stronger actor. Angela Merkel’s last foreign policy visit to Serbia, which I think is completely paradoxical, is a country that has been declared a hybrid regime for two years in a row, so it is likely that the issues on which “We have forgotten a bit. Issues of value, issues of the rule of law and that it will be reaffirmed in the enlargement process,” Huskic concluded.
