1. Serbia - Stepping into Calmer or Rougher Waters?
- Author:
- Djordje Popovic
- Publication Date:
- 11-2009
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Austrian National Defence Academy
- Abstract:
- The May 2008 elections in Serbia showed that the majority of the voters opted for European integration. However, difficulties in forming the government in the period after the elections proved that Serbian society is still highly divided. The polarization between pro-Europeans and traditionalists became so intense that it provided a coalition potential to Milosevic's Socialist Party of Serbia that even they did not expect. After an exhausting period of negotiations the Socialists decided to join the pro-European bloc, for the time-being.
- Topic:
- Conflict Resolution and Regional Cooperation
- Political Geography:
- Europe, Serbia, and Balkans