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Serbia’s Student Movement Wins Election, Faces Governing Challenge

Serbian students’ protest movement defeated long‑time leader Aleksandar Vucic in a historic election.

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Key Points

7 points

Student movement unseated Aleksandar Vucic.

250 candidates from diverse professions were chosen.

Key promises: anti‑corruption, better services, EU referendum.

90‑day deadline to create a governing coalition.

Need to reform police, intelligence, and judicial system.

Maintain relations with Russia, China, and the European Union.

Originated from protests after a deadly railway station collapse.

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The movement selected 250 candidates from academia, medicine, law, farming and the arts to fill parliamentary seats.

Their platform focuses on anti‑corruption reforms, improving public services, and a referendum on joining the European Union.

They have 90 days to form a government, manage the national budget, and overhaul police and courts.

Serbia’s foreign policy will continue to involve partners such as Russia, China and the European Union, while monitoring the situation in Ukraine.

The movement began after a tragic railway station collapse that killed 16 people, prompting demands for accountability.

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7 words

anti‑corruption

working to stop cheating and stealing by leaders

referendum

a public vote on a single important question

parliament

the group of elected people who make laws

budget

the plan for how a country spends its money

overhaul

to change something completely so it works better

foreign policy

how a country deals with other countries

accountability

being responsible for your actions and answering for them

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