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Pro-West Tadic Wins in Serbia

Loser Nikolic warns EU not to blackmail Serbia over integration

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(Newser) – Pro-West Serbian President Boris Tadic won a second-round reelection today that many saw as a referendum on Serbia’s entry into the European Union. He nabbed more than 50% of a vote that drew Serbia's highest turnout in 7 years. In defeat, challenger Tomislav Nikolic warned the EU not to blackmail Serbia over integration. Nikolic ran as a nationalist, urging tight relations with Moscow.

Serbia's president plays a largely symbolic role, but is the military's commander in chief and carries symbolic weight, a BBC analyst explains. Though pro-Western, Tadic still opposes US and EU support for Kosovo's independence. Kosovo intends to break away from Serbia in the coming weeks.

An ethnic Serb woman casts her ballot in presidential elections in the Serb enclave of Gracanica , Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008. Serbs in Kosovo cast ballots Sunday in a presidential vote they hope will curb majority ethnic Albanian's quest for independence and revert the province to Serbia's rule. The voters are...
An ethnic Serb woman casts her ballot in presidential elections in the Serb enclave of Gracanica , Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008. Serbs in Kosovo cast ballots Sunday in a presidential vote they hope will curb...   (Associated Press)
Serbia's President and presidential candidate Boris Tadic shakes hands with supporters after his headquarter claimed victory in presidential elections, in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Srdjan Ilic)
Serbia's President and presidential candidate Boris Tadic shakes hands with supporters after his headquarter claimed victory in presidential elections, in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Srdjan...   (Associated Press)
Presidential candidate Tomislav Nikolic of the ultra-nationalist Serbian Radical Party leaves polling station, accompanied by his wife Dragica, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008, in Belgrade. (AP Photo/Srdjan Ilic)
Presidential candidate Tomislav Nikolic of the ultra-nationalist Serbian Radical Party leaves polling station, accompanied by his wife Dragica, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008, in Belgrade. (AP Photo/Srdjan Ilic)   (Associated Press)
Serbia's President and presidential candidate Boris Tadid waves to supporters after his headquarters claimed victory in presidential elections, in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008.(AP Photo/Srdjan Ilic)
Serbia's President and presidential candidate Boris Tadid waves to supporters after his headquarters claimed victory in presidential elections, in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008.(AP Photo/Srdjan...   (Associated Press)
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