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The resolution also stated that if the government of Serbia didnot accept key reforms to electoral conditions, European Union funding for Serbia should be suspended. [ 102 ] [ 103 ] ODIHR published its report on the 17 December elections in February 2024, calling for inter-party dialogues between the government and the opposition in order to ...
A populist coalition, led by the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), came to power after the 2012 election, along with the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS). [1] [2] Aleksandar Vučić, who initially served as deputy prime minister and later as prime minister, was elected president of Serbia in 2017 and re-elected in 2022.
Analyst Dejan Bursać of the Institute for Political Studies argued that the rating SNS received in opinion polls mostly came from Vučić's popularity, citing the high trust in the office of president of Serbia in opinion polls and voters perception of Vučić still being the president of the party.
In a joint statement, representatives of the S&D, Renew Europe and Greens–European Free Alliance, supported a request of the Serbian opposition to EU institutions to set up an expert group which would make a report "on the state and media capture", as the first step in resolving the political crisis. [76]
During the United States elections, 2012—following media reports that tied ODIHR international electoral observers to the United Nations and accused them of having plans to interfere in the election—the observers, who said they were in the United States to review several benchmarks of democratic elections, were blocked from polls in nine of the 50 states—Alabama, Alaska, Florida, Iowa ...
On the same day, Members of the European Parliament (EP) discussed the situation in Serbia and advised the Serbian authorities that everyone must have the right to freedom of assembly and demanded that all incidents against students and citizens demonstrating in Serbia are investigated. The debate was held at the request of the Social Democrats ...
Serbia's governing Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) and its allies participated fully in the elections. The opposition parties were by contrast divided on their strategy. . Among the parties of the Serbia Against Violence (SPN) coalition, the Party of Freedom and Justice (SSP), Serbia Centre (SRCE), and Together (Zajedno) announced a boycott in most jurisdictions, stating that no adequate ...
25 May 2019 – the European Commission stated in the Serbia 2019 Report that overall peaceful protests, demanding freedom of the media and free and fair elections, grew over time. [78] They criticised election conditions, which include the lack of transparency of party and campaign financing, the blurred distinction between party and state ...