Serbia votes Sunday as students mount biggest challenge to Vucic yet
Student protesters are making their biggest challenge yet to oust Aleksandar Vucic. Snap elections are on Sunday. Polls show a tight race.
Serbians vote on Sunday. A student-led protest movement is making its biggest push to oust Aleksandar Vucic.
Vucic has held power for more than a decade. The snap election was called by Vucic himself in September.
Student demonstrations had been going on for almost two years. These started after a train station collapse in 2024 that killed 16 people.
The students have since gained broad support. Opinion polls predict a tight race.
Vucic's Serbian Progressive Party leads at 47 per cent versus the student-backed list at 40 per cent. But other polls have put students ahead.
A student victory would mark a major shift in the Balkan nation of some six million people. It could inspire youth movements across Europe.
- 6 million people
- Population
- more than a decade
- Vucic's tenure
- 16 people
- Deaths in collapse
- almost 2 years
- Protest duration
Why it mattersSerbia's election tests whether younger voters can force change against an entrenched populist leader. The result will show if student-led movements can reshape European politics.
AustraliaNo direct Australian impact, but the outcome will shape Serbia's approach to EU membership and its ties with Russia and China, factors that affect global stability and trade.
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