Does the idea of Greater Serbia survive with Montenegro in the union?
I believe there’s no longer any serious politician in Serbia who dreams of a Greater Serbia, within its claimed borders. It would be good for this idea to be buried once and for all so that we [in Serbia] can to focus on ourselves. Do you know that Milosevic received his first blow when the Sumadinci deserted en masse. The Serbs of Sumadija [central Serbia] are as a rule uninterested in the Serbs from Knin or from Bosnia. They see them as foreigners. To them, even Serbs from Vojvodina are foreigners. This is why one must be realistic: Serbia must acquire its own framework, within which it can assume sovereign responsibility for its European future. Besides, many Serbian politicians say one thing and think something different. Foreign observers confirm that much, saying that at official meetings Serbian politicians fervently defend [Serbia’s right to] Kosovo, while admitting in private conversation that they know where things are heading. In the case of Montenegro, they display in publi
