Serbian truckers protest EU policies, threaten border blockade

Serbian truckers represented by the Pumedtrans carriers’ association protested outside the European Union Delegation in Belgrade on August 31, 2026, in response to EU policies affecting the transport sector. The carriers warned that they would begin a border blockade on September 14 if their concerns were not addressed.

The protest placed the association’s objections directly before the EU’s diplomatic presence in Serbia, but the research available does not specify which EU policies the carriers oppose or identify the measures they want changed. It also does not indicate whether the protest produced a response from the EU Delegation in Belgrade.

Pumedtrans said the threatened action would start on September 14. The warning was conditional: the carriers linked a blockade to whether their concerns were addressed before that date. No blockade was reported in the supplied information, and no details were provided about its possible location, scope or duration.

The event involved Serbian transport operators and an EU institution in Belgrade, connecting a domestic carriers’ protest with policies attributed to the European Union. Beyond the planned date for the threatened action, the available facts do not establish what border crossings could be affected, how many truckers might participate or what commercial consequences could follow.

The protest and warning therefore mark the current stated position of the Pumedtrans carriers’ association: opposition to unspecified EU policies affecting transport and a threat to begin a border blockade on September 14 unless the association’s concerns are addressed.