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On 23 June 2026, a cross-party group of more than thirty Members of the European Parliament addressed a public letter to the European Commission, calling for an immediate intervention to protect students, journalists and activists facing prosecution in Serbia. The letter was initiated by Vladimir Prebilič (Greens/EFA) and Kathleen Van Brempt (S&D) and signed by MEPs from the EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens/EFA and the Left.
The signatories link the prosecutions to the aftermath of the 15 March 2025 protest in Belgrade, where hundreds of citizens reported that an acoustic device had been deployed against peaceful demonstrators. According to the letter, instead of opening an independent investigation into the use of the device, the authorities turned the accusation around against the protesters themselves. The MEPs describe the subsequent legal and police measures as a coordinated campaign of intimidation designed to instil fear in the wider public rather than to pursue genuine criminal proceedings.
The letter also questions the evidentiary basis for the crackdown. The MEPs write that the official account rests on contested documentation, including a report drafted in Russian and attributed to the FSB, and that the authorities' position has shifted over time - from initially denying that Serbia possessed such a device to its later public appearance. The signatories frame this as the use of fabricated intelligence against citizens who spoke out.
The MEPs call on the European Commission - naming President von der Leyen and Commissioner Kos - and the Head of the EU Delegation to Belgrade, von Beckerath, to publicly condemn the harassment, to press the Serbian authorities to drop the charges against the demonstrators, and to make clear that pressure on civil society is incompatible with EU accession. They close by addressing the targeted citizens directly, stating that a democratic Serbia deserves the EU's full support.
The letter adds to a series of recent interventions by European institutions concerning the rule of law and the treatment of protesters in Serbia.
The signatories link the prosecutions to the aftermath of the 15 March 2025 protest in Belgrade, where hundreds of citizens reported that an acoustic device had been deployed against peaceful demonstrators. According to the letter, instead of opening an independent investigation into the use of the device, the authorities turned the accusation around against the protesters themselves. The MEPs describe the subsequent legal and police measures as a coordinated campaign of intimidation designed to instil fear in the wider public rather than to pursue genuine criminal proceedings.
The letter also questions the evidentiary basis for the crackdown. The MEPs write that the official account rests on contested documentation, including a report drafted in Russian and attributed to the FSB, and that the authorities' position has shifted over time - from initially denying that Serbia possessed such a device to its later public appearance. The signatories frame this as the use of fabricated intelligence against citizens who spoke out.
The MEPs call on the European Commission - naming President von der Leyen and Commissioner Kos - and the Head of the EU Delegation to Belgrade, von Beckerath, to publicly condemn the harassment, to press the Serbian authorities to drop the charges against the demonstrators, and to make clear that pressure on civil society is incompatible with EU accession. They close by addressing the targeted citizens directly, stating that a democratic Serbia deserves the EU's full support.
The letter adds to a series of recent interventions by European institutions concerning the rule of law and the treatment of protesters in Serbia.
