Swiss "Weltwoche": Magnificent victory of Vučić and SNS
"Weltwoche" states that this victory was not based on fraud, as portrayed by the opposition and the Western media.
Located between the East and the West, Serbia is rapidly catching up, while, above all, the technological and social progress is astonishing, assesses the Swiss weekly "Weltwoche", noting that the magnificent victory of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) and the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vui, with 47 percent of the vote it is not based on lies and fraud, as portrayed by the opposition and many Western media.
Hardly anyone outside of Serbia states that the population's satisfaction with the ruling policy is high, the paper adds.
And there are many good reasons for that. Serbia has seven million inhabitants on an area that is more than twice the size of Switzerland. However, the population development trend is still negative; in particular, the emigration of numerous highly qualified experts continues to create problems in the country. The state opposes this negative trend with significantly more money for families, as well as child allowances. President Vui has set himself the permanent task of technologically and economically catching up with the West.
On the one hand, Aleksandar Vui and Prime Minister Ana Brnabi are looking for more relaxed relations with the European Union and are positioning Serbia as a candidate for membership. On the other hand, the relationship with Russia is historically, culturally and religiously so close that this traditional pan-Slavism should not be threatened under any circumstances.
However, Serbia is militarily neutral and incorporates the experiences of other neutral countries such as Switzerland and Austria into its strategies. The country defends the principles of...
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