Serbia’s students fight for rule of law
An infrastructure tragedy has opened the door to mass protests.
While President Aleksandar Vučić seems to have hoped that the students’ defiance would subside during the Christmas and New Year holidays, this did not occur.
This issue was reported, but no responsible authority took action.
Since Vučić’s SNS came to power in 2012, it has consolidated control over Serbian media and Serbia’s political system.
The fragmented and divided Serbian political opposition has not taken significant steps to politically channel and articulate public dissatisfaction.
Sofija Popovic
Sofija Popović is a researcher at the Centre for Contemporary Politics and a Journalist at European Western Balkans. She holds a bachelor’s degree in international relations and EU integration from the University of Belgrade. From 2021 to 2023, she was a correspondent for the Serbian weekly magazine Vreme.
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