TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF THE EU – FROM A DREAM TO REALITY

SERBIA AND THE BALKANS: THREE CENTURIES OF EMBRACE WITH EUROPE,  [pp. 437-442]  

AUTHOR(S) / AUTOR(I): Sonja Licht

 

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DOI: 10.46793/7494.189.437L

ABSTRACT / SAŽETAK:

The paper describes some major moments in Serbia’s relations with the West, particularly the Student Protest of 1996/97, and the democratic revolution of 2000. It insists on solidarity and democratic culture as key issues for the affirmation of European ideas in Serbia and in the Western Balkans.

KEYWORDS / KLJUČNE REČI:

EU’s transformative power, solidarity, democratic culture

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