Alliance for Serbia

Former political coalition in Serbia

Alliance for Serbia

Савез за Србију
Savez za Srbiju

Abbreviation| SZS
Representatives|

* Dragan Đilas
* Marinika Tepić
* Borko Stefanović
* Zoran Lutovac
* Vuk Jeremić
* Nebojša Zelenović
* Boško Obradović

Founded| 9 May 2018
Dissolved| 10 August 2020
Succeeded by| United Opposition of Serbia
Political position| Big tent
Colours|

* Blue
* Red

Website
savez-za-srbiju.rs

* Politics of Serbia
* Political parties
* Elections

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

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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]

Leaders of SZS, from left to right: Zdravko Ponoš, Boško Obradović, Nebojša Zelenović, Dragan Đilas, Borko Stefanović and Janko Veselinović

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

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Name  | Leader  | Main ideology  | Political position  | MPs (2019)

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| 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

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Name  | Leader  | Main ideology  | Political position  | MPs (2019)

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| 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

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### Parliamentary elections

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Year  | Popular vote  | % of popular vote  | # of seats  | Seat change  | Status

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2018  | Coalition formed |

23 / 250

|  23  | opposition
2020 | Election boycott  |

0 / 250

|  23  | no seats

## See also

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* United Opposition of Serbia, the successor of this political alliance.

## References

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1. ^ Online, Piše: Danas (2020-08-03). "SZS: Dogovoreno formiranje Udružene opozicije Srbije". Dnevni list Danas (in Serbian). Retrieved 2020-08-03.
2. ^ "Formiran Savez za Srbiju" (in Serbian). N1. 2 September 2018. Archived from the original on 2 January 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
3. ^ "Belgrade Protests Start Spreading Across Serbia". Balkaninsight.com. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
4. ^ "Opozicija u Srbiji dogovorila 'Sporazum sa narodom'". RFE/RL. 6 February 2019.
5. ^ "Thousands protest in Serbia over attack on opposition politician". Reuters. 2018-12-08. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
6. ^ "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.
7. ^ "Opposition Alliance for Serbia declares boycott". N1. Archived from the original on 2019-09-22. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
8. ^ "First EP-mediated dialogue in Serbia: Part of the opposition refuses to participate". European Western Balkans. 11 October 2019. Retrieved 2020-01-29.

## External links

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* Alliance for Serbia Official website