Tošo Borković

"Thank You!"

Well they did it. We applied for a full membership of the European Union, but, to get to the point straight away, one can not but wonder why just now. Before i get on someone's nerves for raining on our parade, i want to say that i am very happy that this has happened. Now, at least, our priorities and path into the future have been clearly paved. However, impact of the formal application into the EU transcends mere prospects of a better life for a half-dozen million tired people. It reminds me of a new marketing campaign that several Banks have been using around here lately. With every transaction you make with your pay card a percentage goes to the fund for the prevention of cancer or AIDS. A noble endeavor but, none the less, a marketing campaign made to boost the profits. The good thing is that, in the end, someone other than the Bank has some use of it. This is what happened to our EU application. It brings a nice PR facelift and political profit to a seriously shaken coalition of ruling parties while in return starts a long overdue healing treatment for the cancerous population. Now all they have to make sure is that the patient does not die on the operating table.
The buzzards are circling, and they want their carcass.