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After the terrorist attack in Banjska, apparently the time has come for Serbia to receive its punishment from the European Union...
The planned sanctions against Serbia consist of a set of measures that will be taken in several stages.
That was the quote from a European Union diplomatic source to Danas, who wishes to remain anonymous.
Commenting on the statement of the rapporteur of the European Parliament for Kosovo and the Green MP Viola von Kramon that a package of measures has been prepared for Serbia as a "response to the September 24 terrorist attack in Banjska", Dana's source says that "the first phase is certainly not it would be drastic", and that there were many symbolic things in it".
Given that the rapporteur of the European Parliament has refused to say what sanctions are being prepared for Serbia, the question for Dana's interlocutor was what sanctions are in question.
"For example, there would be an interruption of negotiations with the EU, but in practice such a measure would not have a very big effect as Serbia has done almost nothing for several years to continue its membership in the EU. However, the measures that would have to do with the visit of EU officials or the freezing of funds intended for Serbia are much more serious and would certainly be in some next package", says our diplomatic source .
As the source adds, the imposition of visas for citizens is a broad measure.
"And it is clear to everyone that they would only affect the citizens, not the authorities. Returning visas is not on the agenda at the moment. Currently, everything is being prepared and everything depends on the reaction of the authorities and cooperation in Kosovo. The first round of measures, if there are any, can certainly be on the table before the elections in Serbia", concludes the interlocutor of Danas.
We recall that as part of the statement that a package of measures has been prepared for Serbia as "a response to the September 24 terrorist attack in Banjska, Viola von Kramon stated that she would not call it sanctions, because they must be approved by the EU Council".
"But we are talking about political and financial measures, which of course will cause damage to the government of Serbia", she said.
She said that the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, should cooperate and ensure a proper investigation into the September 24 incident.
"Vucic controls many things that happen in Serbia. It is hard to think that he was not aware of what was going on about the purchase of weapons, nor the organization of the aggressor group. However, I don't think Serbia is interested in a major military attack or war," she said.
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