Serbia's Vulin: Europeans have forgotten WWII horrors, not ashamed of historical crimes
L'essentiel
- Aleksandar Vulin, Serbia's former deputy prime minister, stated that Europeans have forgotten the horrors of WWII and are not ashamed of their historical crimes, leading them to talk about war with Russia.
- He cited German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's comments about being ready to fight Russia by 2030 as an example.
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Aleksandar Vulin, a former Serbian deputy prime minister and current chairman of Srbijagas, spoke at the Valdai Club. He expressed concern over what he perceives as a growing willingness in Europe to discuss war with Russia, attributing it to a forgetting of historical atrocities.
ST. PETERSBURG, June 2. /TASS/. Europeans have started talking about war with Russia because they have forgotten the horrors of World War II and are not ashamed of their historical crimes, Serbia’s former deputy prime minister and now chairman of the Supervisory Board of state gas company Srbijagas Aleksandar Vulin said.
"The strategic problem of the present-day world is the lack of fear and sense of shame," he said at the Valdai Club expert dialogue titled "New World--Rules of Survival: Limits of Power and Space for Cooperation."
"No one is afraid of anything because they have forgotten everything, they have forgotten what a real war is. We in Serbia lived through a war just a couple of decades ago and we are afraid of war. We know what war is. We know what it is like when your loved ones leave for good. We know what kind of monster lurks in a person when you give this person a chance to unleash it, without any punishment for doing so," he said.
"No one in Europe remembers World War II any longer," Vulin noted. "That is why we hear German Chancellor Friedrich Merz saying that we will be ready to fight against Russia by 2030. When Willy Brandt was Germany’s Chancellor (in 1969-1974 - TASS), not a single German, regardless of his or her party affiliation, could afford uttering such things because World War II atrocities were still fresh in people's minds," he added.
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- What specific historical crimes is Vulin referring to?
- What is the broader context of the Valdai Club discussion?
- What is the Serbian government's official stance on Vulin's remarks?
- How does Vulin's statement align with Serbia's foreign policy towards Russia and Europe?
