The toughening of the sanctions regime came on Monday despite growing debate within the EU about its effectiveness, with some member states arguing that the sanctions hurt ordinary people most. Nato On the fringes of a Belgrade vegetable market, elderly people spread their wares on the bonnets of cars or on the pavement. A 70 year-old sells a paltry collection of batteries, hair clips, and children's gloves. It is the authorities and the government with which we have a quarrel. He says he's had to leave the stall twice so far, once to queue for five kilograms of sugar, the other time to queue for three litres of cooking oil.
Milk is also in short supply.
Asked who is to blame for the shortages, his answer is quite clear - Nato. He would vote for the present government again, because they're still managing to supply basic goods to the citizens - despite international isolation. EU develops 'smart' sanctions Aware of such sentiments, the EU has begun to develop a more differentiated approach - smarter sanctions. Michael Graham, head of the EU delegation in Belgrade, says Brussels is pursuing the philosophy that the Serbian people as a whole are not responsible for what has been happening. That it is the authorities and the government with which we have a quarrel, not the people.