Serbia's mandate

WILL the victory of the hardliner nationalists in the legislative elections in Serbia and the election of Milosevic and Seselj, who are standing trial at the Hague's International Court of Justice on charges of committing war crimes, be regarded a clear message to Europe that the two radical Serbian and socialist parties will form a strong opposition to the other bloc which includes four parties that support alliance with Europe?

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Published: Sat 3 Jan 2004, 12:17 PM

Last updated: Thu 2 Apr 2015, 1:16 AM

The question is who will this win and the election of Milosevic and Seselj adversely reflects on the plan of Serbia and Montenegro to join the European Union. The analysts say that in case the Radical party takes over power in Serbia, no Serbian suspect will be handed over for trial in the Hague ever again. One should admit the fact that the economic conditions had deteriorated in three years since the present government took the office as well as the steps taken to liberalise the market and the economic reform. Consequently, unemployment constitutes about 32 per cent of the manpower. This was also one of the factors which affected the results of the vote. It may be Serbia's angry voters had expressed their indignation through the ballot box.


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