British journalist Sean Walker believes that Europe has lost the “battle for the heart of Serbia” to Russia and China.
Britain’s The Guardian devoured Serbia for “insufficient gratitude” to the EU.
The Guardian argues that the COVID-19 epidemic was a continuation of the battle for Serbia’s sympathy and cites the results of an analytical study in December 2019, according to which the vast majority of Serbs named Russia and China the largest benefactors of the last two decades.
The British consider that reaction undeserved, as they believe that “the European Union has done a hundred times more for Serbia than anyone else”.
The Guardian recalls with disappointment what a warm welcome was given in late March 2020 by the Serbian leadership to the visiting Chinese delegation of epidemiologists and the delivery of humanitarian aid from China.
“The Serbian president kissed the Chinese flag as a sign of gratitude and criticized the European Union for lack of help”, – the newspaper writes. – “After that, the Russians arrived in military planes with less significant but gratefully received help, which was met with fanfare in all Serbian media and only then the EU representatives appeared.”
According to a journalist from a British newspaper, the statement made by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, who decided to ban the export of medicines from the EU, has shaken the already fragile position of the EU in Serbia. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic then noted that “European solidarity has turned out to be a fairy tale”.