{"id":199247,"date":"2026-01-25T16:05:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T14:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=199247"},"modified":"2026-01-25T16:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T14:05:08","slug":"prime-minister-shocked-by-the-situation-in-serbia-macut-says-he-is-astonished-that-society-is-so-divided","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/prime-minister-shocked-by-the-situation-in-serbia-macut-says-he-is-astonished-that-society-is-so-divided\/","title":{"rendered":"PRIME MINISTER SHOCKED BY THE SITUATION IN SERBIA: Macut Says He Is Astonished That Society Is So Divided!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Prime Minister <strong>\u0110uro Macut<\/strong> stated that Serbia needs <strong>dialogue, not divisions<\/strong>, and <strong>arguments based on facts, not insults and exclusivity<\/strong>, noting that he is \u201castonished\u201d by the divisions in society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOnly through dialogue can we build trust and create an environment where differences are seen not as a threat, but as an incentive for better solutions. On this path, we have not yet reached the end, and we should not deceive ourselves into thinking that this work is finished,\u201d Macut said in an interview with the newspaper <em>Politika<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that he is confident that Serbian society has made progress and has moved further than it was a year ago, and that this progress forms a foundation on which we can continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-serbiantimes-info wp-block-embed-serbiantimes-info\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"3Pvwm7frI6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/snezna-oluja-u-sad-preko-20-drzava-uvelo-vanredno-stanje-otkazuju-se-letovi\/\">SNE\u017dNA OLUJA U SAD: Preko 20 dr\u017eava uvelo vanredno stanje, otkazuju se letovi!<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#132;SNE\u017dNA OLUJA U SAD: Preko 20 dr\u017eava uvelo vanredno stanje, otkazuju se letovi!&#147; &#8212; Serbiantimes.info\" src=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/snezna-oluja-u-sad-preko-20-drzava-uvelo-vanredno-stanje-otkazuju-se-letovi\/embed\/#?secret=wdoUEmnN0e#?secret=3Pvwm7frI6\" data-secret=\"3Pvwm7frI6\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Macut emphasized that \u201cSerbia remains consistently and firmly committed to the process of European integration, which we understand as a long-term and serious process based on reforms, internal stability, and an equal partnership with the European Union (EU).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI want to emphasize that Serbia is and remains open to dialogue with all EU partners, including representatives of the European Parliament (EP),\u201d Macut said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He noted that \u201cdialogue must be conducted within established institutional channels, with full respect for procedures, diplomatic protocol, and mutual respect.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTo avoid any confusion, the names of people heading institutions in this case are not important; it is about respecting the state of Serbia and its citizens, whom these institutions represent,\u201d Macut concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">MORE TOPICS:<\/mark><\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/mark-brnovic-buried-in-phoenix-family-and-friends-pay-their-final-respects-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>MARK BRNOVI\u0106 BURIED IN PHOENIX: Family and Friends Pay Their Final Respects! 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(VIDEO)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: Nedeljnik, <strong>Izvor:<\/strong> Ata images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister \u0110uro Macut stated that Serbia needs dialogue, not divisions, and arguments based on facts, not insults and exclusivity, noting that he is \u201castonished\u201d by the divisions in society. \u201cOnly through dialogue can we build trust and create an environment where differences are seen not as a threat, but as an incentive for better [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2169,"featured_media":175461,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[5553],"class_list":["post-199247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-serbia","tag-drustvo","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Serbiantimes.info EN","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199247"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199289,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199247\/revisions\/199289"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}