Belgrade, a Europride of clashes and protests in Serbia that is struggling to go towards Europe

Accidents, riots and dozens of stoppages marked the

held today in

.

A difficult demonstration, born from the beginning under a bad star: that is, without the decisive support of the authorities, if we exclude Prime Minister

, a declared lesbian and supporter of the homosexual movement.

Serbia is a country that is slowly and painstakingly approaching Europe, amid a thousand obstacles inherited from the past and its

Putin's Russia, as Serbian President

clearly reiterated on the occasion of his re-election. , last April.

The final balance speaks, according to the official numbers communicated by the executive, of

, five police vehicles damaged.

were mobilized

.

It had to be the Europride of the defense of rights and diversity, to confirm once and for all that Serbia wants to go towards the European Union.

Among other things, it was the first Europride organized in a Southeast European country.

Instead, the demonstration promoted by the LGBTIQ movement has turned into

, with the streets of Belgrade that have seen the eruption of clashes between the police and some demonstrators, who took to the streets to counter the rainbow parade.

In various points of the center, in fact, groups of

, supported by the Orthodox Church and kept at bay by the police, railed against the participants, displaying crosses, icons and religious cloths.

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Serbia, protests against Europride in Belgrade

The split on the different approach with which to deal with the issue also occurred within the government, with the interior minister, the pro-Russian hawk

, who yesterday decided to ban the anti-gay march and counter-demonstration for reasons of safety;

in this, supported by President Vucic, who justified his lack of support (delegating every decision to the Ministry of the Interior) by declaring that he had "more urgent" things to resolve, such as the energy crisis and tensions with Kosovo.

These positions are not new, moreover, given the well-known distance of the president from civil rights and the homosexual movement.

I do not want to deal with an issue that is perversely imposed on the Serbian people, both by those for and against, as if it were a question of life or death.

All participate together in a hybrid war against their country

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic

A few thousand demonstrators had symbolically gathered in the afternoon in front of the Constitutional Court, which in the past has repeatedly defined the prohibitions of Gay Pride as illegitimate, then moving in procession along the assigned route.

But the rainbow march was immediately diverted by massive lines of agents, who directed it towards a short distance, to facilitate the arrival at the stadium of the Tasmajdan park, where the closing concert was to be held.

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Serbia, protests against Europride in Belgrade

Prime Minister Brnabic, while not taking part in the march, instead gave her support to the demonstration, which was held

thanks to a complex device of

.

The premier justified her absence by saying that she preferred to stay with the security forces, to coordinate the surveillance actions and offer them support and support, making sure that all the demonstrators were safe.

In addition to numerous demonstrators from abroad, also

, the EU Commissioner for Equal Opportunities, Helena Dalli, ambassadors from various countries, all in support of rights and diversity, to encourage the European future of Serbia .