La course de l'Union européenne pour sécuriser les matières premières critiques nécessaires à sa transition verte est entrée en collision avec la résistance démocratique en Serbie, où la mine de lithium de Jadar est devenue un point d'inflammation pour des manifestations de masse et la répression autoritaire. En vertu de la loi sur les matières premières critiques de 2024, l'UE a désigné le projet Jadar, exploité par Rio Tinto, comme « stratégique » en juin 2025, malgré une opposition locale (…)

The European Union's rush to secure critical raw materials for its green transition has collided with democratic resistance in Serbia, where the Jadar lithium mine has become a flashpoint for mass protests and authoritarian repression. The EU designated the Rio Tinto-operated Jadar project as “strategic” in June 2025, despite overwhelming local opposition and serious questions about environmental impacts, procedural transparency, and human rights violations against activists. The case (…)

Serbia's authoritarian president Aleksandar Vučić has faced unprecedented public anger since November 2024, when a newly renovated railway station canopy collapsed in Novi Sad, killing 15 people. The tragedy exposed endemic corruption in public infrastructure projects, triggering months of mass protests demanding accountability, transparent investigations, and early elections. Vučić's government has responded with escalating repression: deploying party thugs against peaceful demonstrators, (…)