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After extraordinary parliamentary elections

Ode to Joy or Hymn to Kosovo Folly

It became evident long time ago that Eurovision had turned into popular entertainment for the masses. However, it would be difficult to define what represented and set apart Ireland at Belgrade Eurovision Song Contest this year without offending animals.

A stuffed animal named Dustin the Turkey intended to shout names of some European states in a frenetic rhythm and by this to win/abuse their sympathies, manipulating the idea that we are all the same by linking Ireland, Finland, Austria, Switzerland and Germany with states of the former Eastern bloc. A similar synthesis was presented at the recent May elections. The coalition gathered around Tadic did the same by linking Europe and Kosovo, though only in theory, and - to everyone's amazement - they succeeded! The double salto mortale was fruitful, bringing 102 seats in the Parliament. With the convincing victory over the radicals, in these post-election

 
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moments, Serbia looks optimistic, or rather it looks like a retrospective of any day between 5 October 2000 and 11 March 2003.
To be honest, this is all far from the euphoria and élan that the citizens had back then, but it looks like the tragicomedy characterized by dementia and collective madness, whose main screenwriter is a tech puppet, may be over finally. We will see whether the latest expression of the citizens' pro-European choice will be politically articulated in the third act of the burlesque election year, in the so-called denouement - the forming of the government. It remains to be seen whether the technical prime minister will resurrect, screaming "Kosovo" in the orchestra conducted by rusted hand bombs, or whether he will withdraw quietly in the sunset of Kosovo myth and hymn to Kosovo folly, folding the map of "integral Serbia" under his arm.
All options are possible, the offices are open, and the chairs are getting cold, so, politicians, speed up the synchronization of your political principles. Do not eat too much from the budget, we are not all partisans. Many of us want to hear Ode to Joy, enough with the hymn to Kosovo folly.
Let us all sing "Be embraced, you millions"!
  Dj. S.
 
1st - 30th June 2008
     


Danas
This is an abridged version of the original text published in the Serbian issue of the magazine.

 

 

 

 
 
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