🇷🇸 Conversation with Aleksandar Vučić, President of the Republic of Serbia, and Thierry de Montbrial

A conversation with Aleksandar Vučić, President of the Republic of Serbia , chaired by Thierry de Montbrial, Founder and Executive Chairman of Ifri, held on Saturday 25 April, at the World Policy Conference 2026. Vučić sharply criticizes the Europe's technological slowness and digital lethargy, while denouncing a certain moral arrogance that would obscure global demographic and economic realities. The leader also highlights a profound inconsistency in international law, recalling that Serbia's territorial integrity was ignored by the West well before the Ukrainian conflict. He thus calls for bold strategic decisions rather than day-to-day bureaucratic management to pull Europe out of its stagnation. Finally, this source illustrates the complexity of relations between Belgrade and the European Union, marked by unresolved historical disputes and a quest for mutual recognition.