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A high price for Serbia's master of spin 09:16am on 13 May 2008 The reason why the government collapsed in the first place is twofold: Dinkic's (G17) abysmal economic record and the nuances of the SAA agreement with the EU. Before the election, Tadic (DS) had ample opportunity to iron out the issues with Kostunica (DSS-NS) regarding the SAA and bring the Socialists on board, with their superior economic program, thereby replacing Dinkic. Not a perfect coalition by any means but a functional one. What has Tadic done instead ? He has kept Dinkic, he has courted the Far Right extremist group of Nenad Canak and even brought the (frankly bonkers) Vuk Draskovic and his SPO into the fray. Any political commentator entertaining the thought of the Socialists joining that rabble is not being serious. The Center Left Coalition of DSS-NS/SRS/Socialists seems by far the most logical option for Serb citizens and the more democratic one, as their coalition has significantly more votes than Tadic's ZEC coalition. EU beaurocrats might find negotiations a bit more robust than was the case previously, with the DS-Yes-Men, but that is not a bad thing.
Serbian vote exposes deep rift 8:59pm on 11 May 2008 I find this blogger's euphoria at Serbia finally succumbing to the NATO Pact hordes really sickening. Just like in England, the OSCE-annointed "winning" party will do its best to represent the country's elite (2%) at the expense of its people (98%). At least the Serbs resisted as long as they could.

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