“Serbia could be prevented from joining the European Union if President Aleksandar Vučić participates, next month, in the Victory Day parade organized by Vladimir Putin in Moscow, European officials have warned.Russian state media has announced that Vučić is among the invited foreign leaders to the event on May 9, 2025, where Serbia could contribute with military equipment as well.Brussels’ reaction was not late to come. “We must ensure that Serbia understands that certain decisions have a cost. The consequence is that they will not join the European Union,” said Jonatan Vseviov, the Secretary General of the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, according to The Telegraph.According to him, Russia is making intense efforts to attract foreign leaders to the ceremony, but for the European Union, this gesture is considered a “loyalty test”. “What we are looking at is whether they are on our side or playing for the other team,” Vseviov underlined.In turn, the EU’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, said that EU foreign ministers discussed at a meeting on Monday, April 14, about the participation of some member states in the Moscow parade.”It has been clearly stated that any participation of EU member states in the parade or celebrations on May 9th in Moscow will not be treated gently by the European side, given that Russia is waging a large-scale war in Europe,” she told the press.Serbia, which has been trying for a long time to maintain good relations with both Moscow and Brussels, applied for EU membership in 2009, and in 2012, it obtained the status of candidate country for EU accession.”
