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The Serbian leader is expecting support from the European Union, but he calls some of its MEPs "the worst of the worst."
Insults expressed by Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, who is facing months of massive anti-government protests, have raised alarm among European institutions.
Events in this country, including police actions during the protests, were described as worrying by European institutions.
Several MEPs proposed to consider further financial support for Serbia - a candidate country for membership in the European Union, while the domestic opposition called on the EU to impose sanctions on representatives of the Serbian Government, writes "REL".
Following the criticism, Vučić admitted that he was perhaps wrong to call the European Green Party MEPs "scumbags", saying that he thinks "much worse" of them.
On September 9, a discussion on democracy in Serbia was held in the European Parliament, organized by MEPs from the Socialists and Democrats, the Rebuilding Europe group, and the Greens.
These groups make up over a third of MEPs.
Jellica Minic, from the European Movement in Serbia, tells Radio Free Europe that Vučić's statements were shocking for Europeans and people from European institutions.
"It's a turning point that got everyone in the EU on their feet," she says.
Minic recalls that Vučić has previously offended European officials, but, according to her, now "the time has come to pay the price" for these statements.
"I believe that now accountability will begin for everything that happened before," she says.
The months-long crisis in Serbia was caused by the collapse of a train station shelter in Novi Sad, which resulted in the deaths of 16 people.
In massive anti-government protests, student-led protesters are demanding that authorities be held accountable for the incident.
Protesters accuse the police of using excessive force during their dispersal, but this is denied by the authorities and the police themselves.
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