Denis MacShane explains why the EU must not forget Mladic

In an article that has also been published in the English press, the former British MP Denis MacShane, who was notably responsible for Balkan issues between 2001-2005, salutes the Netherlands and Belgium for having blocked negotiations for Serbia's EU accession. "Saying Serbia can open EU membership talks without first handing over Mladic was seen as a way of supporting the pro-European politicians in Belgrade. Yet the policy shift was a dramatic reversal of existing EU policy in the Balkans, as Europe had always made EU membership conditional on cooperation with the international tribunal in The Hague. ... Belgium and the Netherlands stopped other EU foreign ministers from turning a blind eye to genocidal massacres reminiscent of the second world war."

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