http://www.diigo.com/user/Wolfgangschumann/political_parties Wed, 07 May 2008 09:01:14 -0000 Wed, 07 May 2008 09:01:14 -0000 http://www.euractiv.com/en/enlargement/serbia-eu-course-turns-question-life-death/article-172162 <p></p><p><strong>Highlights and Sticky Notes:</strong><p><div class="content"><ul><h2>Links</h2> <div id="Links"> <a name="LinkSection1" class="LinkSection_Label">European Union</a> <ul> <li>Commission: <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/serbia/eu_serbia_and_montenegro_relations_en.htm" title="Overview EU-Serbia relations" target="_blank">Overview EU-Serbia relations<img src="/css/icons/extlink.gif" height="14" alt="external" width="14" /> </a> </li> </ul> <a name="LinkSection2" class="LinkSection_Label">Press articles</a> <ul> <li>Balkan Insight: <a href="http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/main/news/9892/" title="Serb Radicals Lead Opinion Poll" target="_blank">Serb Radicals Lead Opinion Poll<img src="/css/icons/extlink.gif" height="14" alt="external" width="14" /> </a> </li> <li>Balkan Insight: <a href="http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/main/news/9880/" title="Kosovo Serbs to Sue Leaders over EU Deal" target="_blank">Kosovo Serbs to Sue Leaders over EU Deal<img src="/css/icons/extlink.gif" height="14" alt="external" width="14" /> </a> </li> <li>Balkan Insight: <a href="http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/main/news/9864/" title="Russia's Putin backs Serbia PM" target="_blank">Russia's Putin backs Serbia PM<img src="/css/icons/extlink.gif" height="14" alt="external" width="14" /></a></li></ul></div></ul></div></p><p><div class="content"><p>Opposition between the country's pro-European politicians and hardline nationalist parties is&nbsp;currently at its highest since the breakaway Kosovar&nbsp;province unilaterally declared its independence from Serbia on&nbsp;17 February 2008 - with the backing of several EU countries.</p> <p>A recent poll conducted by the Strategic Marketing agency showed Serbia's nationalist Radical Party slightly ahead of Tadic's pro-European bloc (33.2% to 31.5%), with the nationalist coalition of Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica ranked third (13.8%).&nbsp;</p></div></p><p><div class="content">A&nbsp;threatening letter was sent to Tadic following&nbsp;his signature of a Stabilisation&nbsp;and Association Agreement (SAA) with the EU, considered&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;the first step towards membership of the bloc&nbsp;(<a href="http://www.euractiv.com/en/enlargement/eu-serbia-ink-key-pact-ahead-vote/article-172053" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker('/Links/www_euractiv_com_en_enlargement_eu-serbia-ink-key-pact-ahead-vote_article-172053');" target="_blank">EurActiv 30/04/08</a>).&nbsp;It accused the president of being a "proven traitor to the Serb nation" and threatens him with a "bullet&nbsp;to the forehead," the Belgrade daily Blic reports.&nbsp;</div></p><p><div class="content">Just days&nbsp;before crucial parliamentary elections (11 May), the question of Serbia's future accession to the EU has&nbsp;become an issue of existential importance as the country's President Boris Tadic has received a death threat&nbsp;over his pro-EU stance.</div></p><p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/wolfgangschumann/enlargement' rel='tag'>enlargement</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/wolfgangschumann/enlargementpolicy_candidates' rel='tag'>enlargementpolicy_candidates</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/wolfgangschumann/serbia' rel='tag'>serbia</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/wolfgangschumann/elections' rel='tag'>elections</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/wolfgangschumann/political_parties' rel='tag'>political_parties</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/wolfgangschumann'>wolfgangschumann</a></p> Wed, 07 May 2008 09:01:14 -0000 60