United Opposition of Serbia

The United Opposition of Serbia (Serbian: Удружена Опозиција Србије, romanized: Udružena Opozicija Srbije) is a big tent opposition coalition in Serbia, founded in 2020 as a successor of the Alliance for Serbia.[1]

United Opposition of Serbia

Удружена опозиција Србије
Udružena opozicija Srbije
LeaderCollective leadership
FoundedAugust 10, 2020 (2020-08-10)
Preceded byAlliance for Serbia
HeadquartersBelgrade
IdeologyCatch-all coalition
Anti-Vucic
National Assembly
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Vojvodina Assembly
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Belgrade Assembly
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History

By mid-2020, members from the Alliance for Serbia (Serbian: Савез за Србију, romanized: Savez za Srbiju, SzS) publicly said that they aren't satisfied with how the coalition is functioning, and by that, it became clear that the organization needs to be restructured.

In August, the nationalist right-wing to far-right Dveri party opted not to join the new coalition, all other former SzS members decided to join the coalition.

United Opposition of Serbia was eventually founded in August 2020 as a successor of the Alliance for Serbia, which boycotted the 2020 Serbian parliamentary election. Other Serbian opposition political parties such as Healthy Serbia, Together for Serbia, Party of Modern Serbia, Social Democratic Party, New Party, Movement of Free Citizens, Enough is Enough and the Democratic Party of Serbia aren't eligible to join the new coalition because they didn't boycott elections.[2]

Members

There are 12 founding members of United Opposition, including Đorđe Vukadinović, a non-partisan individual.

Name Leader Main ideology Political position
Party of Freedom and Justice
Странка слободе и правде
Stranka slobode i pravde
Dragan Đilas Pro-Europeanism
Social democracy
Centre-left
People's Party
Народна странка
Narodna stranka
Vuk Jeremić Pro-Europeanism
Civic nationalism
Centre-right
Democratic Party
Демократска странка
Demokratska stranka
Zoran Lutovac Pro-Europeanism
Social liberalism
Centre to centre-left
Movement for Reversal
Покрет за преокрет
Pokret za preokret
Janko Veselinović Social democracy
Social liberalism
Centre-left
United Trade Unions of Serbia "Sloga"
Удружени синдикати Србије „Слога”
Udruženi sindikati Srbije „Sloga”
Željko Veselinović Labour rights
Democratic socialism
Left-wing
Fatherland
Отаџбина
Otadžbina
Slaviša Ristić Christian democracy
National conservatism
Right-wing
Statehood Movement of Serbia
Државотворни покрет Србије
Državotvorni pokret Srbije
Slobodan Samardžić National conservatism
Right-wing populism
Right-wing
Civic Platform
Грађанска платформа
Građanska platforma
Jovan Jovanović Pro-Europeanism
Social democracy
Centre-left
Movement Free Serbia
Покрет слободна Србија
Pokret slobodna Srbija
Lidija Martinović Pro-Europeanism
Social democracy
Centre-left
Šumadija Region
Шумадијска регија
Šumadijska regija
Ana Santrač Regionalism
Pro-Europeanism
Centre-left
Democratic Community of Vojvodina Hungarians
Демократска заједница војвођанских Мађара
Vajdasági Magyar Demokrata Párt
Áron Csonka Hungarian minority interests
Regionalism
Centre-left

Current state of affairs

As of December 2020, United Opposition of Serbia is all but dissolved, mostly due to substantial disagreements between the two main party leaders, Dragan Đilas and Vuk Jeremić. The main point of dissent is the question on whether the coalition should maintain its hard line course towards those opposition parties that took part at the June election, or opt for a compromise. On December 16th, Party of Freedom and Justice and Democratic Party conjoined their forces with Movement of Free Citizens to create a common platform for political negotiations with government that should be mediated by European Parliament.[3] People's Party considered that unacceptable, since Movement of Free Citizens not only took part at the elections (and thus left the boycott block), but also collected the signatures needed for participation under unclear circumstances.[4][5] On December 19th, vice-president of the People's Party, Zdravko Ponoš admitted that United Opposition of Serbia is "blocked", but shifted responsibility for further activities of the coallition to Đilas.[6]

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