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6 Jul 2016 #1
Interesting for all who follow European politics
Merkel "made Croatian FM promise" blockade was over
Source: Tanjug Wednesday
The article said that Merkel suddenly asked Kovac, in front of everyone, "When will Serbia's chapters be opened, was it July 19?," which was followed by several seconds of silence. The German chancellor then repeated the question, to which the Croatian foreign minister "just nodded his head affirmatively."
Now, we know that Serbian EU membership depend on higher politics, on the first place, not economical, infrastructural or judicial questions. Here in the region, we know that two players- Britain and Germany had final word on Serbia`s accession to EU. Croatia acted just as German lap-dog in this, what we now see openly. When Germany decided, Croatia nodded positively.
What is interesting, these days Britain also gave positive signals to Serbia`s EU accession. They- Germany and Britain knows that Serbia`s EU membership bringing changes to EU and effectively ending era of Anglo-Franco-Germanic domination. They know that now even USA and Vatican stand behind Serbia, not just Russia and China. They know that Serbians represent `glue` that binds and balance different interests within the Slavic world, what is best proven on example of common Polish-Russian support to Serbian candidate (Vuk Jeremic) for president of UNGA and later for UN Generally secretary, then, with special Serbian ties with Visegrad Group having at the same time good relations with Russia. So, most probably that at this time, Britain and Germany accepting new reality (shift of power in Europe) and they now calculate their position in new system.