EU leaders condemn Serbia’s funeral honors for Ratko Mladic, raising doubts over membership bid
EU leaders said Serbia’s support for Ratko Mladic’s funeral showed a failure to confront wartime crimes and could hinder accession talks.
- On Monday, Belgrade hosted the funeral of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić with military honors, drawing an estimated 16,000 mourners and attendance by several Serbian government ministers including Defence Minister Bratislav Gasic.
- Last week, Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos warned that the funeral would be 'a test' for Serbia's European Union membership, canceling her visit because the 'glorification' of Mladić contradicts EU values.
- European Commission President Ursula and European Council President Antonio Costa described the funeral images as 'shocking' on Tuesday, stating that official support 'contradicts the values underpinning Serbia's path towards the European Union.'
- Foreign Minister Elmedin Konakovic warned on Monday that Serbian leadership risks 'complete isolation in the region,' while Foreign Minister Gordan Grlic Radman said glorifying the war criminal is 'incompatible with European values.'
- The funeral complicates Serbia's political landscape ahead of elections; European Parliament Vladimir Prebilic argued the EPP should stop acting as a 'safe haven' for Populist President Aleksandar Vucic's nationalist-populist party.
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EU Says Mladić Funeral Shows Serbia Has Failed To Confront Its Dark Past
Top EU officials criticised Serbia for supporting the funeral of war criminal Ratko Mladić, highlighting a failure to confront its past and raising concerns over Serbia's EU membership aspirations.
The EU has condemned the funeral ceremony for the war criminal Mladic in Serbia.
The European Commission has warned Serbia that the possibility of continuing talks on its accession to the European Union will be reviewed, after the Balkan country buried with state and military honors Ratko Mladic, convicted of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. “As you know, discussions on Group 3 are […] The post European Commission warns of review of negotiations with Serbia, after glorification of Mladic appeared first on Re…
EU Criticizes ‘Glorification’ of War Criminal After Serbia Gives Mladic a Hero’s Funeral
A man touches the cross—as Serbian soldiers flank the coffin of former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic, who died last week while serving a life sentence for genocide—at the St. Luka Church, in Belgrade, Serbia, on Sept. 7, 2026. (Marko Drobnjakovic/AP)
(Brussels=Yonhap News) Correspondent Hyun Yun-kyung = European Union (EU) leaders [are] granting state honors to Ratko Mladić, a key war criminal of the Bosnian War who died in prison last month...
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