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    1. Fickle-Message-6143 on

      >**Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said in an interview with the German daily Handelsblatt that Germany will be the only country to which Serbia will directly supply lithium.**

      >“Through this arrangement, Serbia positions itself as a supporter of the German automotive industry, which needs this material for electric vehicle battery production,“ Until now, Europe has been dependent on imports from China, Australia, and South America. We want to put an end to this,” said Vucic.

      >The Serbian president said that, with Donald Trump as President of the United States, many things will change.

      >“I believe that with Donald Trump we will be closer to peace. This would be very important for Europe and Germany, which does not want to be drawn into war, just as we in Serbia don’t,“ he said, adding that one of the reasons for his belief is that Trump “will not financially support Ukraine as strongly as the current administration.”

    2. Useless_or_inept on

      Translation: This week, Vučić needs German help with his domestic political problems.

      (There will be a different story next week)

    3. TheJiral on

      Sounds a lot like an illegal trade deal. Trade deals are an exclusive right for the EU.

    4. Karash770 on

      Trying to put a wedge between EU countries?

      Seems desperate, no German government would actually agree to this.

    5. other-work-account on

      Oh, don’t worry. Serbian people won’t get any benefits from this.

      Additionally, China is also queueing up to get some lithium, just to put that out there before bots appear.

      Everyone wants a piece of that action, and Vučić is happy to sell like it’s his own. Nature? Exploitation consequences? Who cares, let people figure that out.

    6. Horst_Horstenson on

      It doesn‘t matter, seems to me like a PR move. Even if he only allows sales of lithium to german companies, in the end, once it entered the german market all of the EU would have access to it

    7. ProductGuy48 on

      That’s not how it works mr Lips. You have to sell to the whole market or to nobody. Germany cannot negotiate its own trade deals.

    8. Sneaky_Squirreel on

      Why is EU financing and trying so hard to cozy up with all these openly hostile countries towards the EU/West again? I get that for example Turkey has a size an advantages to play both sides but Serbia? Really? What will some small landlocked country sucking Putin/Xi dicks 24/7 do? They are already sharing intel with Russia/China and giving them passport/citizenships left and right. Also, pretty sure it’s not a coincidence that this statement came out of nowhere from a russian asslicker just after Elon openly advocated for AfD.

    9. Cath_cat88 on

      Just to add a little context.

      For the first time since he took power, Vucic is facing the worst political crisis in the country.

      After 15 people got killed when canopy collapsed in Novi Sad, there are mass protests all around the country, but dominantly in bigger cities, Novi Sad, Belgrade and Niš. Canopy collapsed due to slacking and incompetence of the government, which did a sloppy job on the project of its renovation not so long ago. This is all tied to a widespread corruption on all levels of government and administration as well as to arrogance of the ruling party.

      Universities are in blockade, the high school graduates also joined the blockades and protests, as well as farmers. It would be a bit optimistic to say that the entire country is heading towards a general strike, but for the first time, this is one of the realistic possibilities.

      For the first time, Vucic is visibly shaken, and he had a dozen of special press conferences, announcements. Firstly he accused students of being enemies of the state, by labeling them as mercenaries and foreign agents. Then, he offered them cheap flats, as well as more money for universities. Then, he went on to say that they know nothing of politics, implying that they are merely dumb children. In his last announcement he admitted that there was a substantial number of people in the biggest protest since the fall of Milosevic that took place little bit over a week ago.

      I see this as a cry for help, however, he keeps getting deeper and deeper in his own little political quicksand.

      Now this is a hot take, but I would not be surprised that if mining companies start working here that people organize armed attacks on them, which could push the country in potential civil war. There is a widespread animosity towards Rio Tinto, and growing animosity towards German government being the main political supporter of this project.

    10. RevenueStill2872 on

      I guess the student protests against PussyLips will calm down soon enough now that the germans can look the other way.

      Germans can tell their electors that they’re eco-virtuous while serbs get both the pollution and poisoning and, of course, nothing in their pockets.

    11. Mahtinhpozdah7 on

      Who cares anyways ? Pussylips time is over. He is DONE

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