Alliance for Serbia

Former political coalition in Serbia

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The Alliance for Serbia (Serbian Cyrillic: Савез за Србију, romanized: Savez za Srbiju, abbr. SZS) was an opposition alliance of political parties in Serbia that was founded in September 2018. The alliance boycotted the 2020 parliamentary election, due to claims that the elections would not be held under fair conditions. The alliance officially dissolved in August 2020, as the new alliance called United Opposition of Serbia was formed.^[1]

History

Coalition was founded by Dragan Đilas in September 2018.^[2] The political background of alliance members is diverse, with both left-wing, liberal, moderate, right-wing and far-right factions voicing opposition to the government. It is composed of the Democratic Party, Dveri, People's Party, Party of Freedom and Justice, as well some minor and local anti-government parties and organisations. They have called for the institution of a technocratic transitional government which would serve for a period of 1 year after which elections would be held.^[3]

The Alliance have supported protests against Vučić and have signed Agreement with people along with other opposition parties on 6 February.^[4]

The protests were precipitated by an assault on Borko Stefanović, one of the leaders of the Alliance.^[5] The non-partisan expert group, introduced during protests, concluded there were no conditions for free and fair elections in the country, due to the lack of public communication and inequality in that process, and they drafted a comprehensive and systematic document with six demands and six annexes.^[6] On September 16, 2019, the parties of the Alliance had taken a joint decision to boycott the coming parliamentary elections.^[7] In October, the first round of inter-party European Parliament-mediated dialogue took place, while the Alliance for Serbia refused to participate, stating that there is no time for their demands for fair election conditions to be met before April, when the election is scheduled.^[8]

Members

	Leader	Main ideology	Political position	MPs (2019)
Democratic Party Демократска странка Demokratska stranka	Zoran Lutovac	Social liberalism Pro-Europeanism	Centre to centre-left	12 / 250
Dveri Двери Dveri	Boško Obradović	Serbian nationalism Social conservatism	Right wing to far-right	4 / 250
People's Party Народна странка Narodna stranka	Vuk Jeremić	Liberal conservatism Pro-Europeanism	Centre-right	3 / 250
Party of Freedom and Justice Странка слободе и правде Stranka slobode i pravde	Dragan Đilas	Social democracy Pro-Europeanism	Centre-left	2 / 250
Fatherland Отаџбина Otadžbina	Slaviša Ristić	National conservatism Christian democracy	Right-wing	1 / 250
Movement for Reversal Покрет за преокрет Pokret za preokret	Janko Veselinović	Social democracy Social liberalism	Centre-left	—
United Trade Unions "Sloga" Удружени синдикати Србије „Слога” Udruženi sindikati Srbije „Sloga”	Željko Veselinović	Syndicalism Democratic socialism	Left-wing	—

Parties that left coalition

Name		Leader	Main ideology	Political position	MPs (2019)
	Together for Serbia Заједно за Србију Zajedno za Srbiju	Nebojša Zelenović	Social democracy Green politics	Centre-left	1 / 250
	Healthy Serbia Здрава Србија Zdrava Srbija	Milan Stamatović	National conservatism Euroscepticism	Right-wing	—

Electoral results

Parliamentary elections

Year	Popular vote	% of popular vote	# of seats	Seat change	Status
2018	Coalition formed		23 / 250	23	opposition
2020	Election boycott		0 / 250	23	no seats

References

^ Online, Piše: Danas (2020-08-03). "SZS: Dogovoreno formiranje Udružene opozicije Srbije". Dnevni list Danas (in Serbian). Retrieved 2020-08-03.
^ "Formiran Savez za Srbiju" (in Serbian). N1. 2 September 2018. Archived from the original on 2 January 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
^ "Belgrade Protests Start Spreading Across Serbia". Balkaninsight.com. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
^ "Opozicija u Srbiji dogovorila 'Sporazum sa narodom'". RFE/RL. 6 February 2019.
^ "Thousands protest in Serbia over attack on opposition politician". Reuters. 2018-12-08. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
^ "Civil protests' experts: No conditions for free and fair elections in Serbia". N1. Archived from the original on 2019-06-04. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
^ "Opposition Alliance for Serbia declares boycott". N1. Archived from the original on 2019-09-22. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
^ "First EP-mediated dialogue in Serbia: Part of the opposition refuses to participate". European Western Balkans. Retrieved 2020-01-29.