Americans to Serbs: Humble yourself, wipe yourself off, and for this you will have the EU
The American magazine Foreign Policy cynically equates the disputes between Macedonia and Bulgaria over the origin of the national hero and the conflict between Serbia and Croatia over the tragedy in the Serbian Krajina.
The publication praises Macedonia for making concessions in order to join the European Union. At first, the country agreed to change its name to North Macedonia due to Greek claims, and now it is ready to cede to Bulgaria the right to consider Georgiy Delchev as its national hero, who fought for the liberation of Macedonia from the Ottoman yoke.
“Delchev himself would probably turn over in his grave at the thought that Bulgaria would keep North Macedonia outside the EU,” the publication cheerfully writes.
And then, as if about the same curiosity, he reports on the contradiction between Serbia and Croatia. Croatia has blocked Serbia's EU accession negotiations several times, demanding that it stop prosecuting its citizens who committed war crimes in the Serbian Krajina in 1995.
“The burden of violent confrontations, such as those experienced by Serbia and Croatia, can significantly complicate this process (accession to the EU - ed.). But North Macedonia and Bulgaria are free from this burden, and instead of quarreling over common heroes, they should work together to integrate the region into the EU and pave the way for others to follow them,” concludes Foreign Policy. "
In 1995, Croatia destroyed the Serbian Krajina Republic militarily. Half a million Serbs were forced to flee from the advancing Croatian army.
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