Success Quote by Javier Solana

“The victory of Mr. Kostunica will be a reality” is a politician’s version of a drumroll: it sounds like prediction, but it functions as permission. Javier Solana isn’t describing an outcome so much as helping to manufacture one, using the soft power of inevitability. The phrase “will be” does heavy lifting. It narrows the space for alternative endings, signaling to wavering elites and institutions that the smart bet is to switch sides before the lights come up.

Context matters. Solana, as a high-profile European statesman tied to NATO and EU diplomacy, was speaking in the shadow of Yugoslavia’s 2000 rupture, when Vojislav Kostunica emerged as the opposition figure poised to unseat Slobodan Milosevic after disputed elections. In that moment, international actors had leverage not through tanks but through recognition. Declaring someone’s “victory” in advance is a way of lending legitimacy, encouraging domestic protest, and warning the incumbent that the outside world is already writing the next chapter.

The subtext is pragmatic and slightly coercive: accept the transition, because the transition has already been endorsed. Notice how bloodless the language is. No talk of ballots, courts, or constitutional process; just “victory” as a fact waiting to materialize. That vagueness is strategic. It lets Solana appear merely optimistic while applying pressure. It’s diplomacy as a self-fulfilling prophecy, framed to sound like stability rather than intervention.