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rfmcdonaldDouglas Muir at A Fistful of Euros has blogged (1, 2, 3) about the ongoing Serbian presidential election. Right now, the candidate of the Serbian Radical Party, Tomislav Nikolic, is in the lead, campaigning on a nationalist platform driven by opposition to Kosovo's impending independence.
This is worrisome, since the Radical Party's founder Vojislav Seselj is a man who, after having joked about carving the eyes with rusty spoons, has now found himself on trial in The Hague for on charges of inciting crimes against humanity.
Depending on what happens, Serbia might yet manage to find outside on the outside of the European Union, a depressed country in a blue-and-gold sea overly dependent on aid from a disinterested Russia. John O'Brennan is right to frame the choice of president as also a choice between a prosperous future and an obsessive past.
This is worrisome, since the Radical Party's founder Vojislav Seselj is a man who, after having joked about carving the eyes with rusty spoons, has now found himself on trial in The Hague for on charges of inciting crimes against humanity.
Depending on what happens, Serbia might yet manage to find outside on the outside of the European Union, a depressed country in a blue-and-gold sea overly dependent on aid from a disinterested Russia. John O'Brennan is right to frame the choice of president as also a choice between a prosperous future and an obsessive past.
