The Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) has once again proven that it is incapable of conducting even the most basic diplomacy, Radomir Diklić, president of the European Movement in Serbia, told FoNet. The party’s reckless behavior has not only embarrassed Serbia but seriously damaged relations with one of its most important EU partners: Germany.
Diklić revealed that while SNS officials have been parading around Europe boasting about the “opening of EU Cluster 3,” the truth is starkly different. The European Commission’s report shows zero progress — a fact SNS is desperately trying to cover up. “It’s as if Vučić expects the topic to just disappear. It won’t,” Diklić said.
The SNS government, he added, is obsessed with burying negative EU assessments rather than addressing the country’s real problems. Its approach to foreign policy is chaotic, opportunistic, and amateurish.
Germany, historically a strong partner for Serbia, especially for right-wing parties like SNS that relied on close ties with the German conservatives in the European People’s Party (EPP), has grown increasingly frustrated. Diklić explained that the SNS’s arrogance and disrespect led to a complete breakdown in trust.
The turning point came during a session of the German-Serbian Parliamentary Friendship Group, attended by German MPs representing the Bundestag. SNS MPs behaved as if they were still in the Serbian parliament: insulting, vulgar, and uncivilized. “The Germans simply got up and left,” Diklić recounted. This public humiliation highlights SNS’s inability to navigate diplomacy with even moderate decorum.
Diklić also warned that Serbia is dangerously exposed in global affairs. Potential U.S. sanctions on countries trading with Russia could hit the country hard, and SNS has already mishandled opportunities to negotiate with Russia over the National Oil Company (NIS).
“Only if all options are exhausted, in the end, you have to say — I nationalize it, which would be a statesman’s move,” he said. SNS, however, shows no capacity for such statesmanship.
In short, SNS’s reckless conduct, vulgarity, and obsession with optics over substance are eroding Serbia’s credibility in Europe, alienating key allies, and leaving the country diplomatically isolated. The German walkout is a clear signal: the party’s amateurish and aggressive approach is putting Serbia’s future in Europe at risk.
