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00:00:00is currently a political message at a time when relations, as I
00:00:03mentioned, between Canada and the United States
00:00:07have changed. There is a trade war going on, and
00:00:10the situation is really tense. Relations are
00:00:13tense. The second topic, I mentioned there are two topics, the second
00:00:17topic of the day is much more specific. It
00:00:19directly concerns Croatia. At 3 PM, the European Parliament
00:00:22will discuss illegal cross-border traffic and
00:00:26waste disposal. At the center of Croatia's attention is...
00:00:30the Gospić case. We just heard from
00:00:33our reporter Katarina Plantak. Gordan Bosanac tried to
00:00:37frame the topic more broadly, not just as
00:00:40a Croatian problem of illegal waste storage, but as a European
00:00:43issue of control of cross-border, cross-border
00:00:46waste traffic, possible contamination with PFAS
00:00:49compounds, i.e., eternal chemicals. He
00:00:53also dealt with the capacity for managing such waste, i.e., the
00:00:56non-existent capacity in the Republic of Croatia, possible...
00:01:00possible actions of organized crime. His idea was for
00:01:04Gospić to serve as a kind of European case
00:01:07study. What happens when waste crosses
00:01:10borders, and how do surveillance systems, infrastructure
00:01:14react, and what to do if they fail to track
00:01:18that traffic? However, there was, of course, a political
00:01:22conflict about this. Bosanac claims that HDZ and EPP tried to narrow
00:01:26the topic, to remove direct references to PFS to Croatia to...
00:01:30the Gospić case. Nikolina Brnjac and Davor Ivoštir
00:01:33rejected such an interpretation, emphasizing that the problems
00:01:37of illegal cross-border waste traffic are already on the
00:01:41European agenda, and that Gospić will be discussed
00:01:45in today's debate. Today we heard MEP
00:01:48Karlo Resler who will be the first Croatian
00:01:52speaker in the entire debate,
00:01:54and he said that the Gospić case
00:01:57will definitely be highlighted, despite
00:02:00the fact that it is not actually in the
00:02:04title of the debate. Finally, I will say
00:02:09contexts, and that what will concretely
00:02:10reintegration uh and emerge from that debate is much more important, especially regarding
00:02:13PFS compounds, which we already know have entered our
00:02:16soil. If the debate opens the question of potential
00:02:20contamination, then Gospić really ceases to be just a Croatian political
00:02:24issue. It becomes a question of European standards of control, European
00:02:27transparency, European handling of chemical
00:02:30hazardous waste. It is precisely here that one needs to distinguish
00:02:34between political debate and what can be
00:02:37proven. Today it would therefore be important to hear if there are any concrete
00:02:41data, what kind of European control is possible in such cases,
00:02:44and if there is a willingness to draw some rules from the Croatian case
00:02:48that would also apply to other member states, i.e., what
00:02:51MP Gordan Bosanas said, that this should indeed be a
00:02:55case study. However,
00:02:57I will conclude both.
00:03:00Today's topics have one common point. Regarding
00:03:03Canada, we can ask the question: can the European Union
00:03:07turn its political ambition into a concrete new
00:03:10form of partnership? And regarding Gospić, we can ask the completely opposite
00:03:13question: can Europe turn existing rules
00:03:17into effective protection on the
00:03:20ground? And now, this is the sequence of events.
00:03:23Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will address the European
00:03:27Parliament at 11:30
00:03:30AM, and a joint conference with Roberta
00:03:33Metsola will be held at 12:30 PM, just
00:03:37an hour later. We will hear how Mark
00:03:40Carney sees this whole situation. At
00:03:443 PM, as we have already heard, it is time for
00:03:47the debate on illegal waste, in which it will be important
00:03:51to see how concrete the Gospić case
00:03:54will be. These are two topics that are really worth following here today. We
00:03:58will, of course, follow them to... all the details.
00:04:02Thank you, Maja, for this exhaustive analysis and
00:04:05overview of everything that has been and will be in the European Parliament. We will
00:04:09come back to you many times today. Thank you again, this was
00:04:13our Maja Štrbac from
00:04:14Strasbourg.
00:04:22Ursula von der Leyen announced that Brussels wants to raise relations with Ottawa
00:04:26to the highest possible level and, as she said, urgently...
00:04:30redefine them. She sees Canada, which shares European values, as
00:04:33a key partner in creating new global
00:04:36alliances.
00:04:39Our partnership is not directed against anyone, but
00:04:43strives for strength through unity. We want to
00:04:46strengthen our relationship with Canada as much as
00:04:49possible.
00:04:52Dear Mark, I said that we urgently need to redefine
00:04:55our
00:04:57some kind of communication, PR, partnership. That's why I would like
00:05:00us to jointly open the door for Canada to become
00:05:03the first associated member of the European
00:05:06Union.
00:05:16US President Donald Trump threatened additional tariffs
00:05:19on the European Union if the Union allows Canada to become an associated
00:05:23member.
00:05:29Canada has been a terrible trade partner
00:05:31and, uh, no, I don't see that. And if they do that, if
00:05:35I think it's a total hostile act, I will put very
00:05:38serious tariffs or stop trading with
00:05:41Europe. on many things. So, if they do that, if
00:05:44Europe does that with a bad intention, if it's a good
00:05:48intention, that's fine. If it's a
00:05:50bad...
00:05:54Canadians generally support this decision of Prime Minister
00:05:57Carney. We've been very dependent on the United
00:06:00States, deeply integrated, exceedingly so since
00:06:04NAFTA in the 90s really has pushed us into
00:06:07a situation where we're vulnerable and that has been
00:06:11exploited. So, for us in Europe, we need
00:06:14to be taking advantage of while we've got partners and friends who are
00:06:18democratically aligned, who share many of the same values
00:06:21and cultural traditions. I think it's great to develop trade
00:06:25relationships with other countries and other parts of the world. I think we're a little bit behind in
00:06:29developing some of our natural resources to offer these products to sell to them. I think that
00:06:33they would love to have our products if we were able to deliver them like natural
00:06:37gas across the Atlantic. I think that it is a good move. I am a
00:06:41big supporter of...
00:07:00In the meantime, I was joined in the studio by the former Minister of
00:07:03Justice of the Republic of Croatia, Ms. Vesna Škare Ožbolt. Ms. Škare
00:07:06Ožbolt, welcome to N1. Thank you very much. We have seen
00:07:10now, we will follow these topics today. The European Union
00:07:14today at 3 PM, the European Parliament is actually discussing
00:07:17Croatia, i.e., our story about
00:07:20waste, i.e., illegal illegal waste in
00:07:23Gospić. After everything we have learned so far in the past weeks
00:07:27and months about Gospić, where do you
00:07:30see criminal-political
00:07:33responsibility in this case?
00:07:36Well, it's good that the European Parliament is discussing
00:07:40this topic, however. I am afraid that
00:07:43it will come to light, I am not afraid, but it will
00:07:47certainly come to light, everything that Croatia should have done, it did
00:07:50not do, and it should have implemented the European directive,
00:07:54we received two warnings, serious
00:07:57attention was not paid to this, and when
00:08:01it was found out, the dimension of the problem was not understood
00:08:04at all, nor was anything checked, nor was anything
00:08:07intervened, today we have the situation we
00:08:11have, that human
00:08:13health is threatened, maybe not
00:08:17at this moment, but no one guarantees that
00:08:21it will not be threatened when it all comes to
00:08:24this, when it all dissolves in the Karst
00:08:28terrain. That's what is serious in
00:08:32my opinion, and these anti-corruption measures that, for
00:08:35example, other European countries had already adopted long ago when adopting this
00:08:38directive that we should have adopted, uh...
00:08:42they took. Unfortunately, we are as if we are
00:08:46still in the early 19th
00:08:49century, we function with papers,
00:08:52we trust transporters, we don't
00:08:56check anything, and then it is what
00:08:58it is. Everyone has switched to digital
00:09:01this model
00:09:04of tracking, everything is checked, you can't
00:09:07just
00:09:08this
00:09:11uh, percate, so that it's not visible, then
00:09:15the one who lets something like that go, it's immediately visible
00:09:18who is responsible for it, directly
00:09:21responsible. Here, nothing has been determined yet, neither who is directly responsible,
00:09:25nor who is indirectly responsible, nor who is politically
00:09:28responsible, and I think that political line goes on
00:09:32all levels. Mhm, responsibility.
00:09:36When you talk about digitalization and models
00:09:39that we should have, here we have the announcement
00:09:42of the government, the waste management law is changing, GPS
00:09:45tracking, more frequent controls, video surveillance. You know when the Dutch
00:09:49and Italians introduced GPS a few years ago,
00:09:53we are only now when something has come to
00:09:56to, here to such a
00:09:59terrible, I call it a tragedy, because it is
00:10:02a tragedy for something like this to happen. And
00:10:05how do you see the government's approach to this in terms of
00:10:09damage control? The way
00:10:13the Gospić issue was approached, where it was called
00:10:16hysteria, now the approach has changed a little, so, I
00:10:20don't know, I expected in July.
00:10:23Uh,
00:10:26a government session on this topic,
00:10:30immediately proposals for measures, immediately securing
00:10:33funds, immediately for something to start
00:10:36happening there, so no one has seriously
00:10:39this scratched with a shovel and
00:10:43taken something away. Uh, so I somewhat
00:10:47expected a much, much greater
00:10:49seriousness
00:10:52in approaching this problem. and remediation of that
00:10:56problem. So, I expected that
00:10:58the government would create a feeling
00:11:02among citizens that now that all this has happened
00:11:05as it has, that it will immediately take
00:11:08measures, create a sense
00:11:12of security. Instead, an even
00:11:15greater sense of insecurity was created.
00:11:19There were protests, citizens
00:11:22clearly gave a warning. And that's something that
00:11:26, well, we have. The rains have started,
00:11:29autumn is coming.
00:11:32Uh, nothing is covered,
00:11:34and
00:11:37indeed the question arises, where will this go, where will
00:11:41it end? In Europe, where there were similar
00:11:44examples, it was
00:11:47remedied for decades, it cost
00:11:51a terrible amount. Uh, I
00:11:55expected that uh, the government would react
00:11:58much faster, that it would react
00:12:01operationally immediately, but somehow
00:12:04it either we don't have the right
00:12:07information, again, if
00:12:11now from me
00:12:11speaks
00:12:15a concerned citizen, a concerned woman, then
00:12:19nothing has been done to calm
00:12:22that fear. Nothing
00:12:25serious, nothing concrete except verbally, that's not
00:12:28enough. In parallel, we have the opposition, which on
00:12:32the one hand, uh, actually the Most party was
00:12:36very active from the very beginning. Uh, what
00:12:39we somewhat perhaps expected in the Republic of Croatia, that
00:12:43this opposition, left, right, from all across the spectrum,
00:12:46might unite around such an issue, which showed, for example, that
00:12:50the protest united citizens from across the
00:12:53spectrum. Mm... That did not happen when the opposition is
00:12:57concerned. Uh, I think that
00:13:00now it somehow opens, opens
00:13:03space and more and more it's, in fact, as we have
00:13:06passed half, uh, and as we approach
00:13:10the middle of the mandate, that somehow all
00:13:13this is moving into a serious
00:13:17uh, serious battle, everyone for their votes.
00:13:21How it will look in the end,
00:13:24I really... I really don't know, but the opposition showed that it is not united
00:13:28even on this, even on this case on which it definitely could
00:13:31have been united. One more question related to Croatia,
00:13:35the government, or the Ministry of Justice last
00:13:39week, uh, amendments to the criminal code are introducing
00:13:42life imprisonment, ecocide is included as one
00:13:46of, one of the elements that can be
00:13:49punishable. How do you comment on that moment?
00:13:52We talked a lot. right after that case in Drniš, and actually these
00:13:55are some kind of consequences of that case. Yes, so,
00:13:59I still claim
00:14:02that nothing will fundamentally change there. The
00:14:05prison sentence is life, but it was 40
00:14:09years for such criminal acts, serious, the most serious criminal
00:14:12acts. What's the difference? So
00:14:15it's not a question of imposing sentences, and there we are, we are
00:14:19, I don't know, perfect, it's been done that way for years, as soon as
00:14:22an incident happens, let's raise penalties, and... no one
00:14:25imposes them. So that's the problem. I'll have to
00:14:29interrupt you briefly now, because the government session is starting. Let's go to the introductory
00:14:33speech of the Prime Minister. Just then we'll return to our
00:14:36conversation. A few
00:14:38introductory remarks, before we
00:14:41move on to the agenda items. First, let
00:14:44me thank all members of the government for
00:14:47participating in the current morning session at the
00:14:51beginning of the new session of the Croatian Parliament
00:14:54two days ago, where we answered
00:14:5741 parliamentary
00:14:59questions and tried to present to our
00:15:03citizens everything that is relevant regarding
00:15:06the work of the Croatian government. As was
00:15:09expected, the main topic was
00:15:12the situation related to waste in
00:15:15Gospić. From the opposition, we heard
00:15:18the usual politicking
00:15:21attempts for some daily political
00:15:25battles with plenty of fear-mongering, disinformation, and
00:15:29equally
00:15:32manipulation when it comes to the answers
00:15:35of our members of the government. However,
00:15:39what is important is that we clearly told the Croatian
00:15:42public that the waste problem exists, uh,
00:15:46those who caused it will be held criminally
00:15:50responsible. The health situation
00:15:52regarding the correctness of water in the public
00:15:55water supply system in Ulica
00:15:58is good, and the water is correct and can be drunk, unlike
00:16:02the publicly stated opinions of some
00:16:05opposition representatives,
00:16:07who, it is quite clear from their
00:16:11appearances, are in possession of information
00:16:14and knowledge that only those involved in criminal
00:16:18proceedings can know, unlike, for example, members of the government who do not
00:16:21know such information. But it's good that
00:16:24the Croatian public hears and sees this, because
00:16:27it is very indicative, it is not the first time when it comes to
00:16:31some actors. Also,
00:16:35uh, we heard, especially from Minister
00:16:38Vučković, a very clear plan
00:16:41for removing non-hazardous waste, upcoming decisions
00:16:45on the removal of scattered hazardous waste,
00:16:48a remediation plan for buried waste, as
00:16:51well as during the remediation of buried
00:16:55waste, covering the area at
00:16:58the former PPK Velebit perimeter.
00:17:02In any case, what is important
00:17:05is that the government and its competent authorities are
00:17:08engaged in solving the problem, solving it
00:17:11calmly, truthfully, without spreading panic,
00:17:15and in a way that, of course,
00:17:19is in accordance with professional rules, but
00:17:22with an agile approach that will
00:17:25lead to a solution, thereby
00:17:29reducing these tensions that exist among
00:17:32our citizens, which we understand, which
00:17:35we comprehend. However, it is one thing to express
00:17:38concern and another to spread false
00:17:41information. These are, after all, two significantly
00:17:44different some opposition
00:17:47actors are focusing on the
00:17:50latter. In that regard, I want to mention that
00:17:54yesterday in Karlovac County a waste management center
00:17:58was opened, location Babina Gora,
00:18:01an investment worth 80 million euros, according
00:18:04to the highest ecological standards. This
00:18:07center will cover the area for
00:18:10waste management of Karlovac County,
00:18:13parts of Lika-Senj County, parts of Sisak-Moslavina
00:18:17County, for the needs of about 130,000
00:18:20inhabitants, seven cities, 22 municipalities,
00:18:23with a capacity of almost 30,000
00:18:26tons of mixed municipal waste
00:18:29annually. And by putting it into
00:18:32operation, prerequisites are created for
00:18:35closing five existing landfills in the area
00:18:39of the project.
00:18:42Also, great strides in terms of reconstruction in
00:18:45the city of Zagreb, university infrastructure.
00:18:49Yesterday and today we were at the opening of
00:18:52two buildings of the Faculty of Law, one in
00:18:55Cyril and Methodius Street in Gornji Grad, the other in
00:18:59Nazorova Street, where the study of social work is.
00:19:03After the faculty building at Republic of Croatia Square
00:19:063, these two buildings are completely, constructively,
00:19:10completely renovated. And the one in Gornji Grad is
00:19:13the Erdödy-Keglević Palace from the 17th century, one
00:19:17of the most beautiful palaces and buildings in Gornji Grad,
00:19:21which has now shone in its full glory with plenty of
00:19:25frescoes that could not be seen before. And I thank
00:19:29the restorers who truly did
00:19:32a magnificent job. Of course, all contractors, the faculty management
00:19:36for their engagement. And thanks to the staff and students
00:19:39for their patience while the renovation lasted. These
00:19:43two projects, Cyril and Methodius and Nazorova, 17 million
00:19:47euros. Of course, the renovation of
00:19:50the most important building, the building at Republic of Croatia Square
00:19:5414, the seat of the university and the flagship
00:19:57of the Faculty of Law, is also underway.
00:20:00I remind you, this morning, just before the government session,
00:20:04we were here nearby at the Faculty of
00:20:07Electrical Engineering and Computing,
00:20:10renovated and completely furnished buildings B and C,
00:20:14a project worth 70.3
00:20:17million euros, renovated more than
00:20:1920,000 square meters of space,
00:20:23beautiful conditions for work
00:20:26for almost 700 employees
00:20:29and
00:20:31400 students. We want this kind of high-quality
00:20:35infrastructure
00:20:38to encourage them to bring Croatia
00:20:41closer to the digital age, because that is precisely what
00:20:45FER students do for society, economy, state and
00:20:48its national security.
00:20:52We are in a phase where in about ten days
00:20:56Minister Bačić will submit a new report, but
00:20:59almost 5 billion and 200 million euros, over three
00:21:03billion euros for the Zagreb earthquake, over two billion euros for
00:21:06the Petrinja earthquake, these are incredibly
00:21:10large and demanding projects and huge
00:21:12investments. This morning, the government also made a decision at a
00:21:16telephone session of the government, after I spoke with
00:21:20the Chairperson of the Council of Ministers, Ms. Borjana
00:21:23Krišto, another decision to
00:21:26approve the use of two Canadair aircraft
00:21:29for firefighting in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which
00:21:33this time are in the Jablanica,
00:21:36Čvrsnica, Blidinje areas, and the Croatian Air
00:21:39Force, our Chief Fire Commander
00:21:43will send two Canairs
00:21:46to Bosnia and Herzegovina for the second
00:21:50time in just a few days. So, the
00:21:53fire season is still ongoing. This morning,
00:21:57Minister Šušnjar and I met
00:21:59with the Executive Vice-President of the European Commission
00:22:03responsible for prosperity and industrial strategy,
00:22:07Stefano Sežurné, and discussed strengthening
00:22:11the competitiveness of the European economy. We presented
00:22:14the content of our national plan for
00:22:17industrial development for the period 27.
00:22:2094. We highlighted key
00:22:23priorities: productivity, competitiveness,
00:22:25decarbonization, investments in new
00:22:28technologies, especially artificial
00:22:31intelligence, of course, investments
00:22:34in the defense industry.
00:22:37I announce that next week will be the 12th edition
00:22:41of the European Week of Sport, organized by the Ministry of Tourism
00:22:44and Sport. So far, more than 350,000 of our
00:22:48citizens have participated in the past 11 years
00:22:51in this event under
00:22:53the slogan "Be Active".
00:22:56We look forward to numerous events across
00:22:59Croatia, and here we thank and encourage
00:23:02everyone to live healthily
00:23:06and engage in sports. Today at the government session
00:23:10we have the law on research and exploitation of energy
00:23:14geo-resources, as well as the law on
00:23:17making available certain goods and
00:23:21products related to deforestation
00:23:24and forest degradation. There are a series of decisions relating
00:23:28to councils for the north, central
00:23:31Croatia, for Adriatic Croatia, new institutional
00:23:34formats for strengthening balanced
00:23:38regional development, which Minister
00:23:41Miku Žigman will present to us. A special message for
00:23:45Split, for Dalmatia, for Hajduk. The government is adopting a decision
00:23:49on the transfer of land and construction
00:23:52rights at the Stobreč location for
00:23:55the construction of Hajduk's camp in
00:23:58Stobreč. Minister Bačić will tell us
00:24:01more about that. This afternoon we are in
00:24:04Đurđevac where another
00:24:08logistics and distribution center
00:24:10Agro is opening, important for Croatian
00:24:13agriculture and producers
00:24:16of agricultural products. That's
00:24:19all. For the introduction, I would now like to give
00:24:22the floor.
00:24:25To see the introductory address of Prime Minister Plenković.
00:24:29With me in the studio is Mrs. Vesna Škare Ožbolt. I interrupted you,
00:24:32we were talking about some
00:24:35other topics, maybe briefly. Here, we both
00:24:38heard Prime Minister Plenković addressing us. Yes,
00:24:42it seems to me that he paid too
00:24:45little attention, or
00:24:49he paid attention to everything but the
00:24:53fire, or so it seemed to me, this
00:24:56waste. So,
00:24:59he smoothed out all natural disasters,
00:25:01and
00:25:06it seems to me that I expect the government
00:25:10to solve problems, not to constantly
00:25:12this emphasize what it did well. It should
00:25:16emphasize, I'm not saying it shouldn't, but
00:25:19I expect... the government, the Croatian government, as the only body in
00:25:22this country that is operational,
00:25:26to solve problems, and these are serious, serious problems, regardless
00:25:29of everything. I can hardly accept the fact
00:25:33that this waste disposal site, which has
00:25:36not even started remediation, is treated as an ordinary natural
00:25:40disaster. That bothers me.
00:25:44Uh, we actually stopped at the amendments to the criminal code, and there was
00:25:47also ecocide, so now we can return to that. "Can
00:25:51such things continue to be treated as natural
00:25:54disasters, or for example, The legislation we have now
00:25:58could regulate ecocide. So ecocide is just one criminal offense, for
00:26:01example." "Some countries have much
00:26:04more, more elaborate
00:26:07material on criminal legislation,
00:26:10and misdemeanor legislation
00:26:13in general dealing with,
00:26:16dealing with illegal waste, especially
00:26:19hazardous waste is
00:26:22a trend in European countries
00:26:25and the focus is, just as
00:26:28emphasis is placed on human trafficking, on drug
00:26:33trafficking, uh, emphasis
00:26:36is placed on
00:26:39environmental, that is environmental terrorism.
00:26:43So that, that has that rank of environmental
00:26:46terrorism for for
00:26:49a country where illegal
00:26:52waste is brought in. Mrs. Škare Ožbolt, let's move on to some
00:26:56more of these current topics that have certainly been in
00:27:00focus in recent days. Here we go now. in the European Union. The focus
00:27:03continues. The question arises of the burial of war
00:27:06criminal, Ratko Mladić in Belgrade
00:27:10with, perhaps not by name state, but de
00:27:13facto state honors, presence of state
00:27:16leadership, and even parts of the army,
00:27:19transport of his body from The Hague to Serbia and so
00:27:23on. Here we had, maybe just to
00:27:27mention that, a reaction from Croatia which, again,
00:27:30across the entire political spectrum, was quite firm. We also had a reaction
00:27:34from Prime Minister Plenković about how the reaction of the European Commission was
00:27:38too mild. After that, we got somewhat
00:27:42sharper reactions from Ursula
00:27:44von der Leyen. How do you see it and how do you see then
00:27:48Serbia's path to the European
00:27:50Union? So, I will now
00:27:54answer you as a person who was
00:27:58uh from '91 onwards, practically from '90...
00:28:01was in the highest politics, I led
00:28:05negotiations
00:28:07with uh the UN with the rebel Serbs, I led peaceful
00:28:12I led the National Committee for
00:28:15the normalization of life. I will now tell you the following:
00:28:19So this that happened in uh
00:28:23Serbia, that your Minister of Justice
00:28:27practically legalizes a war
00:28:31criminal who was convicted. A legally convicted war
00:28:34criminal sentenced to life imprisonment, to have him legalized,
00:28:37and after him the entire
00:28:40government, and after him the entire
00:28:43uh state policy,
00:28:47uh, not to mention the church, so the values
00:28:50of the church, that man was convicted of war
00:28:54crimes, of genocide.
00:28:58Uh, for such a person
00:29:01to be treated
00:29:03with all honors is something terrifying,
00:29:07terrifying for the civilization in
00:29:09which we live
00:29:11and
00:29:15in my opinion, Croatia
00:29:18did not react, it reacted declaratively.
00:29:22Mhm, it did not make a single
00:29:24move. It did not even call
00:29:28the mildest ambassador for an interview,
00:29:31the Serbian ambassador for an interview, let alone
00:29:35do anything further, as Bosnia and
00:29:39Herzegovina did.
00:29:41So, it's as if nothing happened in our
00:29:43lives, as if there was no war
00:29:47in Croatia, as if we did not experience
00:29:50aggression from that same Mladić, from
00:29:54that same policy.
00:29:58So we reacted, you say firmly, firmly
00:30:01declaratively. With no move
00:30:05and we looked to the European Union to see how
00:30:08the European Union would react. The European Union reacted
00:30:12extremely mildly
00:30:15because it has its own political
00:30:16interests.
00:30:19And we somehow just can't uh
00:30:23take the reins of all possible political
00:30:25interests,
00:30:28uh, but we are still an object of that, not a subject
00:30:31and. It's all that bothers me, mhm. So I
00:30:35am not some radical,
00:30:38uh, but because of everything that happened in
00:30:41Croatia, a third of the country was razed to the
00:30:44ground, how many more missing persons do we have, how many were
00:30:47killed, how many were
00:30:49unhappy, as if nothing happened,
00:30:53declarative statements, that's
00:30:56it. And how.
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