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Serbian president Aleksandar Vucic speaks of EU membership as a "strategic priority". (Photo: ec.europa.eu)

Serbia and the EU: Stability over democracy

There were more headlines over the weekend praising the fact that the new out-and-proud Serb prime minister, Ana Brnabic, took part in a gay pride march in Belgrade.

And yes, that is in itself good news, given the disturbing context of homophobic violence that we have seen over the past years.\n \nThe implication of this new flurry of cosy headlines about Serbia, and about Ana Brnabic, is that Serbia is now a place where rights are more generally taken seriously at last. But, on that p...

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