Serbia: Does the EU show its sympathy at the lithium partner?

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Lithium contra democracy
Does the EU show its sympathy in Serbia?

By Andrea Sellmann

01.02.2025, 12:00

3 min.

End of corruption, you with multi -thly state: these demands trace students across Serbia on the streets. EU flags do not blow in these demos. Is that also a lithium deal?

Regardless of whether Belgrade, Novi Sad or Niš: The pictures, die in these tags from Serbia, show peaceful protest. With their hands, tenths turn the night streets into a Lichtermerer. Your demand: re -and beetz should apply to all people in Serbia – also for diemen who are in the state.

Tripped of the mass protest wars The collapse of a station vordach in Novi Sad in early November. 15 people in this way do their lenn. For students who have been demonstrating since then, Nick’s incident is simply a tragic misfortune, but a Chinese company. They criticized that the Serbian government has Zukläneräsen to put the misfortune and down to take responsibility. “Corruption kills”, says the slogan, which can be read on many posters.

Florian Bieber is head of the Center for Southeast European Studies and the University of Graz. He observes the situation in Serbia very precisely: The students are concerned with overthrow, as President Aleksandar Vučić claim, but about transparency and rejection. In the podcast “Wirrchaft Welt & Weit” Bieber, it is clearly to the point: “These are the big problem that Serbia has been having to struggle with for over a decade.”

Serbia’s government threatened for itself

Nick has long been going on the streets, but also lawyers, doctors and many other professional groups. Just haven the resignation of the Serbian Minister of Serb, Miloš Vučević. But for Bieber, he is “not a significant heavyweight in the Serbian constellation of power”, but a kind of construction sacrifice. Nevertheless, he resigns as an indication of “that regime is at the moment threatened.”

In the new podcast episode, the professor of Southeast Supa’s professor explains how the Vučić system works: Although the formal formal ministerial ceremonies are, in practice it has Vučičić Čecks, the soft gene. His power is based on Nick from the constitution, but from the party and his person. “Theoretically, he could step in tomorrow as President and continue to have the same must,” says Bieber.

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All of this really fits together with the fact that land has been holding the status of an EU candidate for more than ten years. “Serbia is much less democratic fashions in the decade,” criticized Bieber. To do this, he observes “larger disregard for human rights and regional state”. This is exactly what the EU and Germany would have to face – and their principles also pursue a swirling deal deals. Otherwise, Bieber is at risk that the EU will show its sympathy for many people in Serbia.

Rutrut EU depending on. To Serbia?

This shows, for example, the lithium agreement, which was completed in the summer of 2024 between Serbia and the EU. It is about promoting lithium in the Serbian Jadartal by the mining group Rio Tinto. Serbia would like to contain the complete value chain from breakdown of the lithium to hinur production of electric cars in the country. The EU wants to promote projects and become less dependent on China when it comes to lithium. For Bieber Rutrut, however, the EU die a new addiction, and Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić is “not a reliable alliance partner”.

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The Lithium Agreement “Hats of the European Union and Germany in the Balkans too added huge damage,” Bieber constantly. According to his observation, many people now have the feeling that EU does not really support their demands for more democracy and the rule of law, but their own insenses. His observations in the Serbia formulating in the podcast clearly to the point: “Many people say that the EU is Nick differently than China, they only want to see each other again.

Incidentally, the Southeast Europe expert does not accept that the EU rely on higher environmental requirements than China. Because appropriate control mechanisms are missing for him. Already now in vials, such as BEM construction of factories, the Serbian editions are nodding. “Why should it be different with a mining project of a multinational company,” Florian Bieber points out.