Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, speaking on private television TV Prva, said that organisations from Germany like the Heinrich Böll Foundation or the Green party are financing the protests in Serbia and that the authorities in Belgrade have evidence to prove it.
“They talk about Russian meddling in the US elections while here, before every election, they send as much money as they want to who they want, particularly those Greens. And they don’t care, they think they can do whatever they want”, Vučić said.
His statement drew angry comments from Green EU lawmaker Viola von Cramon, who dismissed it as “absolute stupidity”.
“I categorically deny all accusations that organisations from Germany – including our Green Party and our Heinrich Böll Foundation – are financing protests in Serbia,” she told Nova.rs.
“These statements are unfounded, and their only purpose is to show that protests are not a genuine reaction of the Serbian people.”
“Quite the contrary, Germany has invested in Serbia and opened 80,000 jobs in Serbia. This helped Vucic stay in power,” von Cramon said separately on Twitter.
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Protests, which have spread across the country following two …
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