The Croatian MEP Stiven Nikola Bartulica raised his voice in Strasbourg - this time against an exhibition on the Jasenovac concentration camp at the European Parliament, and against the presence of a delegation from the National Assembly of Republika Srpska.

On the social network X, Bartulica voiced his anger publicly: "The intrusion of the so-called 'Serbian world' concept into EU institutions is scandalous." Even more scandalous, in his words - the presence of Nenad Stevandic at the European Parliament. Bartulica accused Stevandic of a "military role in the nineties", citing "serious accusations and testimonies of persecution of Croats and Muslims".

Bartulica's actual point was not Jasenovac - he used it as a topic. The point was: such people should not be in European spaces. "Such persons should not attend events that deal with sensitive historical topics like Jasenovac," he added.

Stevandic answered with a short, neat formula: "I have never been suspected or charged for the creation of Republika Srpska, which preserves the anti-fascist tradition. The slanders you spread, I will fight in court and get damages. By fighting against the truth about anti-Nazism and fascism - you have picked a side."

On the Balkans these exchanges are read on several levels. On the first - a purely political reckoning in Brussels between the Croatian and Serbian lobbying lines. On the second - a repeat of the old Balkan model, in which history is not archive but weapon for current accounts. Jasenovac on one side, anti-fascism on the other, and all of us in the middle - we live with the same wounds, with different headaches.

The question Strasbourg does not answer: is the European Parliament a space for reconciliation, or just a new stage for prolonging old disputes in better-tailored costumes?