{"id":469167,"date":"2026-10-26T09:41:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T08:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2026\/10\/26\/serbia-la-spallata-dei-giovani-a-vucic-lista-studentesca-vince-le-elezioni\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T10:08:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T09:08:51","slug":"serbia-young-voters-give-vucic-a-jolt-as-student-list-wins-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/10\/26\/serbia-young-voters-give-vucic-a-jolt-as-student-list-wins-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Serbia: Young voters give Vu\u010di\u0107 a jolt as Student List wins election"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels \u2013 Serbia turns its back on Vu\u010di\u0107. The snap elections have seen the rise of the student movement and the resulting loss of confidence in the president amongst the electorate. Student List <\/strong><\/span>wins 52.5 per cent of the vote and 140 seats in Parliament <\/strong>\u2013 out of a total of 250 \u2013 ahead of Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107\u2019s United Serbia party, which trails at 40.2 per cent and is not expected to secure more than 105 parliamentary seats. “It is clear that we have lost these elections,<\/strong>” admits the prime ministerial candidate, who, as a result of the election outcome, has been forced to give up the prospect of a new term in office. <\/p>\n

Serbia therefore has a new majority and is ready for a new government. This alone illustrates the significance of the vote. The elections are historic, first and foremost, because of the high turnout \u2013 around 64.9 per cent \u2013 the highest figure since Serbia became independent following the break-up of Yugoslavia. Furthermore, the Student List has managed to channel the votes of all those critical of the governing parties, bringing together intellectuals and figures from the sports world.<\/p>\n

The significance of the vote: new EU prospects for Serbia<\/h4>\n

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The vote marks the culmination of tensions and protests by the population against a leadership deemed corrupt and incompetent, which the country\u2019s younger generation has taken to the streets to demand a change of course since the end of 2024. On 1 November 2024, the collapse of the bus shelter at Novi Sad station claimed 16 lives and sparked a wave of protests against the government that has never ceased. President Vu\u010di\u0107 sought to suppress dissent<\/a>, thereby distancing the Balkan republic from EU values and the integration process, which Serbia officially began in 2021, the year in which it was granted \u2018candidate\u2019 status<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tensions and protests did not abate, and, in the end, the president dissolved Parliament and called a snap election, which has caused a political earthquake. Now, the outgoing president\u2019s party has been forced into opposition, and a new chapter is beginning. Vu\u010di\u0107, a pro-Russian figure, kept the country within Moscow\u2019s orbit, and now the country can embark on an entirely new course.<\/p>\n

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EU seeks to draw Serbia away from Putin\u2019s Russia<\/h4>\n
It is precisely the geopolitical implications of the vote that are turning the spotlight on Serbia, a country historically and traditionally close to Moscow. “We are ready to work together to build Serbia\u2019s future within the EU,<\/strong>” said the President of the European Council, Ant\u00f3nio Costa<\/strong>, and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen<\/strong>, who, on behalf of the EU institutions and all 27 Member States, offer support for \u201creforms in the areas of the rule of law, press freedom and the fight against corruption.\u201d A message for the outgoing political forces and for the now-former Serbian leader.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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The President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, <\/strong>made similar promises: “The Parliament remains committed to supporting Serbia<\/strong> on its path of reforms towards European integration”. These words respond to the appeal launched by the Greens: \u201cNow Europe must stand alongside the Serbian people,<\/strong>\u201d stress Vula Tsetsi and Ciar\u00e1n Cuffe<\/strong>, the co-chairs of the Greens group. \u201cFor the European Greens, Serbia must be part of the European Union\u201d, and to this end \u201cwe call on the EU to support the rebuilding of the rule of law, the restoration of democratic institutions and the fight against corruption.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The former president: \u201cWe have lost.\u201d With 52 per cent of the vote and 140 seats in Parliament, the opposition movement has the numbers to form a government. The EU is ready to draw Serbia away from Putin\u2019s Russia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":421465,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25707],"tags":[25816,27175,26065,36365,26071,33394,35960],"class_list":["post-469167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-politics","tag-alexandar-vucic-en","tag-lista-studentesca","tag-inserbia","tag-ue","tag-ursula-von-der-leyen"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=469167"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":469168,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469167\/revisions\/469168"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}