France Arms Serbia, Ignoring Genocidal Past and Russian Ties

Macron arms Serbia's autocrat, ignoring its Russian ties and genocidal past, undermining European security and principles in a desperate bid for influence.

Emmanuel Macron’s two-day visit to Belgrade is more than a diplomatic engagement—it’s a reckless and dangerous gambit that undermines the very principles he claims to champion. As of today, August 30th, Macron is wrapping up a visit that has seen him offer France’s advanced military technology to Aleksandar Vucic, a leader who embodies the dark, genocidal legacy of the Balkans’ bloodiest conflicts.

Vucic, a former mouthpiece for Slobodan Milosevic’s regime, a regime responsible for the deaths of over 250,000 people across the Balkans in the 1990s, is now being rewarded with a fleet of 12 Rafale fighter jets. This is not just any arms deal; it’s a monumental betrayal of European values. Macron, who likes to present himself as the guardian of democracy and human rights, is providing military support to a man whose hands are stained with the blood of genocide, a man whose regime was built on the ashes of ethnic cleansing in Bosnia and Kosovo

On the sidelines of the European Political Community summit, French president Emmanuel Macron met Serbian president Aleksandar Vucic in the gardens of Blenheim Palace in Woodstock (near Oxford), UK, July 18, 2024. (Photograph: LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP)