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Serbians are voting in parliamentary elections amid a mass student protest movement that seeks to oust longtime populist leader Aleksandar Vucic, who has held power as prime minister and then president for more than a decade.
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who → vote → decade
The snap elections, called by Vucic in September, follow almost two years of student-led demonstrations against perceived corruption and creeping authoritarianism, triggered by the deaths of 16 people when a train station canopy collapsed in the city of Novi Sad in 2024.
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canopy → call → 2024
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ties → protest → Europe
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election → change → that
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The students have since gained widespread support.
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students → vote → support
A loss for Vucic would mark a profound political shift in the Balkan country of some 6 million people, reminiscent of the defeat of Hungary’s Viktor Orban in April.
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loss → mark → April
But Vucic, who resigned as president in September to run again for prime minister, is a strong incumbent.
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who → resign → minister
Many voters thank him for pulling Serbia out of economic obscurity and orchestrating a period of sustained modernisation.
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voters → thank → modernisation
“The Serbian election is shaping up to be a watershed moment for the country as the Student List mounts the biggest challenge against Vucic yet,” Mario Bikarski, senior Europe analyst at risk consultancy Verisk Maplecroft, told the Reuters news agency.
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Bikarski → shape → agency
During the campaign, Vucic has promised higher pensions and public sector salaries, investment in state healthcare, and subsidies for young couples.
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Vucic → promise → couples
He has balanced closer ties with China, a major investor, and Russia, Serbia’s traditional ally and principal supplier of natural gas, while leaving the door open to joining the European Union.
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He → balance → Union
But relations with the EU have frayed under his leadership, with the bloc growing increasingly frustrated over a lack of reforms addressing the judiciary, the rule of law and corruption.
The Student List movement’s agenda focuses on rooting out corruption and improving schooling, while saying little about their international ambitions.
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agenda → fray → ambitions
Their roster of 250 largely unfamiliar candidates, including university professors, actors and farmers, is led by cardiologist Ilija Srdanovic.
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roster → include → Srdanovic
Opinion polls are predicting a tight race.
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polls → predict → race
An Ipsos poll published on Thursday gives Vucic’s Serbian Progressive Party 47 percent of the vote to the students’ 40 percent, though other polls have put the students ahead.
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polls → publish → students
Rights groups and activists say repression has worsened since the deadly train station canopy collapse, which was widely blamed on government corruption and sparked the student demonstrations.
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which → say → demonstrations
About 150,000 supporters of the student movement rallied in central Belgrade on Thursday.
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supporters → rally → Thursday
Vucic and his party have repeatedly denied accusations of repression, corruption and spying on their opponents.
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Vucic → deny → opponents
The former president claims the students are funded by foreign agents in Croatia and Montenegro, a charge the students deny.
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students → claim → Croatia
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