> The article mentions serbia negotiating EU membership. Having traveled in many balkan countries that try to be in the EU, serbia felt like a place that doesn'

> The article mentions serbia negotiating EU membership. Having traveled in many balkan countries that try to be in the EU, serbia felt like a place that doesn't really try too hard. Because it spent 2 decades trying, while not being taken seriously, and is now tired? Turkey is now in the same bag. I think at some point it was as close to starting an accession roadmap plan as ironing out some agricultural subsidies, and "WaReZ in Belgrade." It amazes me how EU let them slip out of their hands over being "deliriously pedantic."