Serbia votes as strongman Vučić faces grassroots challenge to 12-year rule – Europe live
Serbia is holding parliamentary elections as Aleksandar Vučić seeks to return to the role of prime minister after serving as president. The election is marked by concerns over democratic backsliding, corruption, and Vučić's controversial ties to both Eastern and Western political figures.
Why it matters
The election outcome will influence Serbia's path toward EU integration and its geopolitical alignment between Russia, China, and the West.
Serbia’s former president and now prime ministerial candidate (again) Aleksandar Vučić rose to prominence in the 1990s as a radical nationalist, who supported the policies of Serbian expansion and ethnic cleansing led by Slobodan Milošević, who died of a heart attack in detention in The Hague during his trial on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity committed in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo.
Serbia's former president and the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) prime ministerial candidate Aleksandar Vučić speaks to the media during the parliamentary election in Belgrade, Serbia. He served as Milošević’s information minister throughout the Kosovo conflict. His Serbian Progressive Party, or SNS, has been in government since 2012.
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Aleksandar Vucic Concedes Parliamentary Election to Student Opposition Movement
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