Thousands protest in Serbia against lithium mine project • FRANCE 24 English

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1. They won't be mining, this way or another.

2. We will not allowed!

3. I am ready to give life for my country and for clean air, water, and food. We are not so dangerous at all. Try us.

4. stop diktator vucic and rio tinto, Serbia is an occupied country

5. Guess what lithium makes ??? Methamphetamine one of the key ingredients you can't make it methamphetamine without it

6. Guys 200.000 people

7. Arizona, United States is also being ravaged by allowances given Rio Tinto.

8. Hundreds of thousands! Destroy your own nature. Feed the beast called “green agenda” with your own children. You will not mine lithium in Serbia!

9. Its not thousands people its more like milion!

10. Hahaha Those protestants sold their land to Tinto. This is just a charade.
    A violent attempt to seize power.

11. Sramota je da naši političari sve čine za evropu, a narod se ni za šta ne pita…političari kažu za masu od 30000 ljudi da su banda…Narod ne žele da im neko truje zemlju i vodu, jer žive od te zemlje…

12. EU double standards and hypocrisy.

13. We dont want to be lifeless wasteland, thats what is all about, not about some minning rent, or any lies criminal politicians told us about prosperity and growth. People only now realize that new roads and railways they build with the help of chinese companies are not for the good of people, but for many many new mines and factories of capitalists to make wasteland of serbian land. There is no amount of money worth to this mines be opened, we already have Majdanpek golden mine in 1970, 1980, now that city is dead, for onlu 2 decades of golden lives to total baren land, and now they got china Zijin to bary them alive, same as Bor town and mine, more than half of its citizen are sick of cancer and other heavy illnes for salaries of 1500 euros, is it worth it, to kids live in death environment? And litihum mines in central and western serbian would destroy most precious serbia have, natural resources, fertile soil, ground waters, agriculture, animal husbandry, history and culture of serbia, for what for 5k workers so they say we have raising economy, our criminal president say we are FIRST in EUROPE, tiger of economy, you dont know we have a problem with egoistical criminal hooligan. YOu think criminals like vucic dont have secret ties with minining companies, that they wil let their share of cake to only mining rent? They will not dig our land, and thats it.

14. We will what it takes to stop mining and exploration of our land..we do t need you in Serbia..we need water land fresh air for us and our kids..

15. No clear earth and water, life is hopeless.

16. I hope the Serbian people do whatever is necessary to stop this mine. People are more important than any corporation.

17. Shameful from Serbian politics to ever consider letting a greddy polluting environment destroying corporation wreck their nation.

18. Rio Tinto get out from Serbia and take your puppet politicians with you including our corrupted, evil president and the current government! Serbia has been a western colony for far too long! You take everything from us, and later you us "give" finacial help and loans,when in fact that`s our money. Western banks suck out everything from Serbia and its people. Western companies get free land in Serbia and pay no taxes. They get cheap labor and in return they just bribe our politicians . Those same politicians who came to power with the help of the West! Don`t forget that Vucic had and still has support from Germany, The USA, France .. He is their puppet. And he( our president) and western powers together rig every single election in Serbia! Current regime rules with maximum of 27% of votes! We the normal people are held hostage by this Quisling regime! The people of Serbia has awaken and no one will stop us!

19. It’s not only Rio Tinto devastating effect proved by Serbian Academy of Science but 60 more licences authocratic traitor regime of Aleksandar Vucic support.

    We already have Chinese mine in Bor and there is every 4th person with cancer. In Majdanpek every 3rd person have cancer because of close prozimity of the mine and devastating effect on human life.

    Rio Tinto will completly destroy fertile land and poison underground water which is in abundance in this region and can poison drinking water in capital Belgrade as well.

    This is worst then nuclear bomb and it will not happened.

20. EU has no respect for the environment and especially not for Serbia and its people. Serbia should be smart and stay away from EU dictatorship and its false agreements.

21. This is a struggle for a existence of the natives of this land.

22. Against satana president!!!

23. EU wants to make sure to exploit Serbia, they’re not concerned about public health and environment, and their standards only apply within EU. If they think it’s safe and not a big deal, they better start mining in Germany and France… perhaps they can share their own experience with Serbia

24. You'll not dig!

25. European mines for European electric cars! You support the climate treaties so dig in Europe. Not in Asia , Americas or Africa. Viva Paris accords.

26. Of the 250,000 people at the protest, Dacici counted 25,000! Is that how you count Euros too?

27. NO to Rio Tinto!

28. Balkania mafia 😅😅Eu

29. Dig it in the land of Schwab first. Then after 10 years, we shall maybe consider.

30. Let him know from today who did not know that Serbia is not a carpet, that Kosovo is not a silk pillow. Serbs know of something more expensive than a head. Serbia is not a handful of rice to be eaten by every crow that the wind brings.

31. Europe didn't let Serbia join the EU, and now we are supposed to do what is good for Europe?!

32. I wonder if Greta was there …. Tough one for her I guess… EV or climate damage 😂

33. Europe needs to dig its own soil to get the resources needed to manufacture its products and stop the imports of fuels and materials from Russia and China. If Serbia has the opportunity to help the european market and make it more self-sufficient it could finally boost the regionalism strategy and no longer be at the mercy of foreing ostile powers.

34. Rio Tinto, get out of Serbia! Serbia will not become the EU mining colony! Mine your own lithium in the EU!

35. lithium mining in Serbia brings the greatest benefit to Mercedes… and now, Germany has more than 2x lithium than Serbia, if it needs that raw material so much, WHY DOESN'T IT MINING IT IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY??? the answer is simple, why pollute and poison your country and people, when it can be done elsewhere

36. While the mine would be profitable for Serbia mining lithium is very dangerous, just take one look at Chinas mines

37. Maybe find a company that actually cares about worker safety and pollution

38. Dig in Germany !

39. NEĆETE KOPATI!!! Serbia is not for sale!!!

40. Fight for a healthy environment.💪👏

41. 200.000 people 😂😂😂

42. The whole protest is provoked by misinformation.
    Nobody is educating the public about the science and so people are scared of what they don't understand