The Serbia Center (SRCE) is sounding the alarm and this time, they’re pointing the finger squarely at Serbia’s own government.
At today’s session of the Parliamentary Committee for European Integration, MP and SRCE Vice-President Slobodan Cvejić made it clear: the newest European Commission report is the most brutally honest, objective, and openly critical assessment Serbia has faced in years and the blame rests entirely on the ruling authorities.
Cvejić emphasized that no amount of propaganda, manipulation, or government-controlled media can hide the truth anymore. Serbia’s democratic erosion is no longer a matter of opinion—it’s now a documented fact in an official EU report.
He stated that the situation in the country has further deteriorated since the report’s completion, underscoring that the government’s cosmetic reforms and empty promises have done nothing to reverse the decline.
“I’m sorry that some people don’t like the objective picture shown in the report, but the years when this could be faked or covered up are gone,” Cvejić said.
“The very introduction identifies the core problem Serbia lacks strong political will, and the government continues to block a whole-of-society approach that is essential. These two deep structural weaknesses are keeping Serbia stuck and sinking on its European path.”
According to Cvejić, the truth is simple and undeniable:
the government has no intention of bringing Serbia into the EU.
Its actions attacking institutions, suffocating media freedom, undermining democracy, and weakening fundamental rights show the exact opposite.
The European Commission’s Enlargement Report, published November 4, confirms what critics have been warning for years. The harshest critiques directed at Serbia focus on:
- Severe backsliding in democracy
- Weakening of fundamental rights
- Systematic pressure on media freedom
This is not an abstract observation. This is a direct indictment of how Serbia’s government has chosen to rule through control, suppression, and resistance to European standards.
Cvejić’s message was unmistakable:
The government has run out of excuses. The world sees what is happening. And Serbia’s EU path is being sabotaged not from outside, but by its own leadership.
If Serbia is stuck, it is stuck because its leaders want it stuck.
And now, the EU has officially confirmed it.
