Under an 11-point programme, the student movement aims to reform Serbia's skewed media scene and free the public broadcaster of political control. Vučić and the SNS party have denied corruption and seeking to influence the media. Serbia's veteran ruler Aleksandar Vučić has conceded an election to a student-led protest movement, ending 14 years of political dominance under Vučić in just under two years.
Vučić's SNS party was clearly shaken by the pressure, leading his prime minister to resign in January 2025 in an effort to defuse tensions.
Because they have not been elected, it is the students who have made the promises to the Serbian people, and they will now come under pressure to follow through on their manifesto.
The students chose ordinary Serbian citizens to represent their movement. These candidates have been entrusted with transferring part of the struggle waged on the streets for the past year into the institutions.
What started as weekly student protests demanding justice on university campuses and city streets soon expanded into a national movement encompassing farmers, actors, and judges at a local level.
The movement emerged from tragedy and began with students blockading streets, evolving into almost daily protests and a national campaign against corruption and government negligence.
Although they fielded candidates for all 250 parliamentary seats, no students were among them, and the students themselves have not been elected.