Charlemagne
The capture of Ratko Mladic may revive European enlargement
Jun 2nd 2011 | from the print edition
“THE current Serbian strategy for apprehending the fugitives is comprehensively failing. Serbia must critically re-evaluate all steps undertaken so far...” Days after writing this assessment in a draft report to the UN Security Council last month, Serge Brammertz, chief prosecutor at the Yugoslav war-crimes tribunal in The Hague, had to revise his view when Ratko Mladic was captured in Serbia after 16 years on the run. He was handed to Mr Brammertz on May 31st to stand trial.
The arrest of the former Bosnian Serb commander is good news for the relatives of those killed at Srebrenica; for international justice, which may be slow but has a long memory; for Serbia, which has taken a leap towards integration with Europe; and for the European Union, which, despite its economic and political troubles, has shown its potential to transform even intractable Balkan disputes. That the arrest took place on the same day as a visit by Cathy Ashton, the EU’s foreign-affairs boss, was a coincidence. But few doubt that the EU played a big part through the power of its unique tool, enlargement. The promise of EU membership, on condition that Serbia first co-operate with war-crimes prosecutors, strengthened the resolve to find Mr Mladic.....more....
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