Radojkovic: The European Football Championship showed that the region is far from reconciliation

Historian Stefan Radojkovic assesses that the events in Germany at the European Championship in football are a kind of public opinion research, indicating that the region is still far from reconciliation.

"The fan passions we see during the European Championship in the stadiums in Germany are a kind of public opinion research and gauging the public pulse. Here, it can be said that the diasporas are still embroiled in the wars of the 90s, and probably a good part of the local population that came from the Balkan region to Germany for the European Championship. We have to be very careful because it is evident that the passions are not yet completely calmed, and it is likely that this will not be the case," Radojkovic said to Kosovo Online.

He says that the scenes from the Championship are an indicator that more time is needed for the region to view the issues from the nineties with a cool head.

"It won't come quickly. Work is needed over multiple generations. It is generally accepted that it takes approximately three generations for passions to settle. If we approach the issues from the 90s in an institutional and responsible manner, then we can hope for some results resembling what we call reconciliation today. But we are still far from that. Much more water needs to flow under Branko's Bridge before we can say that something like that will happen," Radojkovic emphasized.