It is a pleasure to introduce this “In Focus” special edition on France. The eve of 2021 is the perfect moment to take a look at what 2020 brought to our French-Serbian bilateral relations.
First of all, it seems impossible to speak about 2020 without mentioning the Covid-19 crisis, which was an unexpected blow for us all. If one lesson has to be learnt, it remains the value of multilateralism and international cooperation that France has been advocating for years: to keep people and goods flowing; to compensate, among EU countries, for the economic impact of the virus in a spirit of solidarity; to find scientific solutions, vaccines, against the epidemic; to make treatments available to all, in particular the poorest…
After a moment of shock when Europe was hit in March, a reflex of solidarity dominated in the EU and from the EU.
