Long before the last ballots were cast on 25 October 2026, snap parliamentary elections in Serbia had history written all over them. Right-wing populist leader Aleksandar Vučić had dominated Serbian politics since 2014, first as prime minister, then as president. Instead of feeble opposition parties, an unlikely challenger stood against him: a student-led, grassroots movement with no traditional leaders. Propelled by the mobilisation of broad swaths of Serbian society, the movement ran on (…)

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Certain·es dirigeant·es de l'UE ont courtisé le régime autoritaire de Vučić ; elles et ils doivent désormais offrir à cette démocratie renaissante un avenir au sein de l'Union. Alors que les bureaux de vote fermaient leurs portes dimanche soir dans toute la Serbie, les forces anti-émeutes se déployaient autour de la présidence à Belgrade. Nous étions nombreuses et nombreux à craindre le pire : une fraude électorale massive, un refus de reconnaître la défaite ou des actes de violence purs (…)

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Some EU leaders courted the authoritarian Vučić regime – they must offer this reborn democracy a future within the union Supporters of the student movement celebrate in the streets of central Belgrade. Photograph: Marko Dimic/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock As polling stations closed across Serbia on Sunday evening, riot police were deploying around the presidency in Belgrade. Many of us feared the worst: massive electoral fraud, a refusal to recognise defeat or outright violence. After (…)

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