The accident in Novi Sad two years ago left 16 dead and provoked an unprecedented protest movement, led by students. Born from the tragedy of the collapse of a structure at the Novi Sad station, in 2024, the student protest movement is shaking up the Serbian political scene.
This is a strategic political maneuver, with the firm intention of running for the key position of Prime Minister, to maintain the reality of power after the anticipated legislative elections.
Demonstrations have sometimes brought together up to 100,000 people, in a country with less than seven million inhabitants, despite police violence and media censorship.
Elected president for the first time in 2017 and re-elected in May 2022, Aleksander Vučić seems to have no intention of giving up power.
According to polls cited by regional television N1, this list could collect 37% to 45% of voting intentions, compared to 47% to 48% for that of the government in place. In September, when the first 30 names on the list were revealed, a French teacher exulted:"It's the moment for unity, she said, for association and solidarity between citizens!".
Born from the tragedy of the collapse of a structure at the Novi Sad station, in 2024, the student protest movement is shaking up the Serbian political scene.
Demonstrations which sometimes brought together up to 100,000 people, in a country which has less than seven million inhabitants, despite police violence and media censorship.
A strategic political maneuver, with the firm intention of running for the key position of Prime Minister, to maintain the reality of power after the anticipated legislative elections.