Austrian Standard on Belgrade protests: “Nothing short of a revolution”

The Austrian Standard writes that thousands of people are on the streets of Belgrade today and are waiting for “nothing short of a revolution,” Deutsche Welle (DW) reports today.

It states that tables with refreshments have been set up, that some are playing music, and that there are also “Pump” banners.

“Many are simply sitting on the steps in front of the entrances to buildings, with a cup of coffee in their hand, and waiting – nothing short of a revolution,” the Austrian newspaper reported today.

Author Adelhyad Wölfli assessed that the student protest movement is characterized by perseverance and that it is clear that citizens will not allow the authorities to drive away the students.

“On ​​the night between Friday and Saturday, unknown persons attacked a professor and a student in front of the Faculty of Engineering. However, it will be difficult for the regime to suppress the protests with violence, because there are now too many of them – too many who want a legal state and democracy, and not the corrupt autocracy that currently reigns in Serbia,” writes Standard.

The German public service ARD writes that during the night, thousands of students from all parts of Serbia arrived in the Serbian capital after several days of foot marches, and states that the European Union and the United Nations have called on the government in Belgrade to respect the right to demonstrate and to refrain from violence.

The Frankfurter Allegemäjne Zeitung (FAZ) also writes about the protests in Belgrade, stating that demonstrations against this government have occurred several times in recent years, but that “the current wave of protests is larger, more persistent and more serious than all the previous ones.”

The author then states that on the eve of Saturday’s protest, there was a growing fear that the president might be tempted to use his police apparatus to violently break up the gathering, and that this fear was spread by Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić himself, adding that he is sending messages to older people and residents of rural areas, who see him as the best guarantee of stability, security and economic success.

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