Alliance for Serbia

The Alliance for Serbia (Serbian: Савез за Србију, romanized: Savez za Srbiju) is a extra-parliamentary catch-all opposition alliance of political parties in Serbia that was founded in September 2018. The alliance boycotted the 2020 parliamentary election, due to claims that the elections would not be held under fair conditions.

Alliance for Serbia

Савез за Србију
Savez za Srbiju
LeaderRotating presidency
Founded2 September 2018
HeadquartersBelgrade
Political positionBig tent
National Assembly
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Assembly of Vojvodina
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City Assembly of Belgrade
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Website
savez-za-srbiju.rs

History

Coalition was founded by Dragan Đilas in September 2018.[1] The political background of alliance members is diverse, with both left-wing, liberal, moderate, right-wing and far-right factions voicing opposition to the government. It is composed of the Democratic Party, Dveri, People's Party, Party of Freedom and Justice, as well some minor and local anti-government parties and organisations. They have called for the institution of a technocratic transitional government which would serve for a period of 1 year after which elections would be held.[2]

The Alliance have supported protests against Vučić and have signed Agreement with people along with other opposition parties on 6 February.[3] The protests were precipitated by an assault on Borko Stefanović, one of the leaders of the Alliance.[4] The non-partisan expert group, introduced during protests, concluded there were no conditions for free and fair elections in the country, due to the lack of public communication and inequality in that process, and they drafted a comprehensive and systematic document with six demands and six annexes.[5] On September 16, 2019, the parties of the Alliance had taken a joint decision to boycott the coming parliamentary elections.[6] In October, the first round of inter-party European Parliament-mediated dialogue took place, while the Alliance for Serbia refused to participate, stating that there is no time for their demands for fair election conditions to be met before April, when the election is scheduled.[7]

Founders and full members

Name Leader Ideology Political position MPs
Democratic Party
Демократска странка
Demokratska stranka
Zoran Lutovac Social liberalism
Pro-Europeanism
Centre to
centre-left
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Party of Freedom and Justice
Странка слободе и правде
Stranka slobode i pravde
Dragan Đilas Social democracy
Pro-Europeanism
Centre-left
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People's Party
Народна странка
Narodna stranka
Vuk Jeremić Liberal conservatism
Pro-Europeanism
Centre-right
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Dveri
Двери
Dveri
Boško Obradović Serbian nationalism
Social conservatism
Right wing to
far-right
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Movement for Reversal
Покрет за преокрет
Pokret za preokret
Janko Veselinović Social democracy
Social liberalism
Centre-left
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Fatherland
Отаџбина
Otadžbina
Slaviša Ristić National conservatism
Christian democracy
Right-wing
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United Trade Unions of Serbia "Sloga"
Удружени синдикати Србије „Слога”
Udruženi sindikati Srbije „Sloga”
Željko Veselinović Syndicalism
Democratic socialism
Left-wing
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Former members

Name Leader Ideology Political position Member of the Alliance
Healthy Serbia
Здрава Србија
Zdrava Srbija
Milan Stamatović National conservatism
Euroscepticism
Right-wing September 2018 - December 2019[8]
Together for Serbia
Заједно за Србију
Zajedno za Srbiju
Nebojša Zelenović Progressivism
Pro-Europeanism
Centre-left September 2018 - February 2020[9]

Electoral performance

Parliamentary elections

National Assembly of Serbia
Year Popular vote % of popular vote # of seats Seat change Government
2018 Coalition established
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27 opposition
2020 Election boycott
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27 extra-parliamentary

References

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