>- The draft law on expropriation is to be debated in the coming days in parliament, which is dominated by parties allied to Vucic.
>- The law would allow for expedited expropriations of private property if it is considered to be in the public interest. The draft law on referendums would lower turnout requirements for such votes.
>- Opponents say the expropriation law will be used to advance mining projects that damage the environment, including China’s Zijin copper mine and Rio Tinto’s plans for a $2.4 billion lithium mine in western Serbia.
>- In some areas where mining and infrastructure projects are planned, owners have refused to sell their property and gone to court, demanding higher compensation in legal proceedings that last for months.
Citizens will no longer have the opportunity to determine fair compensation in court, because now literally every project that comes to the government’s mind is cited as a reason for expropriation.
Time for ramping up environmental radicalism in Serbia.
And that is a positive term – it is a good thing to be a radical.
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>- The draft law on expropriation is to be debated in the coming days in parliament, which is dominated by parties allied to Vucic.
>- The law would allow for expedited expropriations of private property if it is considered to be in the public interest. The draft law on referendums would lower turnout requirements for such votes.
>- Opponents say the expropriation law will be used to advance mining projects that damage the environment, including China’s Zijin copper mine and Rio Tinto’s plans for a $2.4 billion lithium mine in western Serbia.
>- In some areas where mining and infrastructure projects are planned, owners have refused to sell their property and gone to court, demanding higher compensation in legal proceedings that last for months.
Citizens will no longer have the opportunity to determine fair compensation in court, because now literally every project that comes to the government’s mind is cited as a reason for expropriation.
Time for ramping up environmental radicalism in Serbia.
And that is a positive term – it is a good thing to be a radical.