His visit began with a slight, yet revealing, moment of hesitation. While in Brussels on Wednesday 10 December, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić casually quipped that he had “received a message from Moscow” as he entered the press room alongside the President of the European Commission.
Visibly uncomfortable, Ursula von der Leyen quickly interrupted the exchange, which was captured by the cameras that were already present. While the content of the message and the rest of the...