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The Serbian Left ( Serbian : Левица србије , ЛС / Levica Srbije, LS) was a minor centre-left social democratic political party in Serbia . In April 2019 the Serbian Left merged into Dragan Đilas 's Party of Freedom and Justice (SSP).

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68-605: The Party of Freedom and Justice ( Serbian : Странка слободе и правде , romanized :  Stranka slobode i pravde , abbr. SSP ) is a social democratic political party in Serbia . It is led by Dragan Đilas . Founded in 2019 as the merger of the Green Ecological Party – The Greens and Serbian Left , SSP was a member of the Alliance for Serbia (SZS), a coalition of opposition political parties that

136-553: A Slavic language ( Indo-European ), of the South Slavic subgroup. Other standardized forms of Serbo-Croatian are Bosnian , Croatian , and Montenegrin . "An examination of all the major 'levels' of language shows that BCS is clearly a single language with a single grammatical system." It has lower intelligibility with the Eastern South Slavic languages Bulgarian and Macedonian , than with Slovene (Slovene

204-643: A progressive taxation of citizens' income and reduce taxes and contributions to 60% of net earnings" ( sprovođenje poreske reforme kojom će se uvesti progresivno oporezivanje dohotka građan i smanjivanje poreza i doprinosa 60% neto zarade ), while it also stated its support for abolishing parafiscal taxes and introduce tax reliefs for donations and endowments in health, culture, and sports. SSP supports financing free textbooks and school meals for school children in Serbia; in September 2022, SSP also said that "with

272-574: A social democratic party, and it is positioned on the centre-left on the political spectrum. Dušan Spasojević, a professor at the Faculty of Political Sciences of University of Belgrade , noted that within the party, Đilas is closer to the political centre , while Tepić is significantly more leftist. Regarding social issues, Spasojević positioned SSP on the centre-left. SSP supported the manifestation of 2022 EuroPride in Belgrade . SSP criticised

340-583: A clear position regarding the war in Ukraine. In November 2022, SSP proposed a resolution that would align Serbia's foreign policy with the European Union and implement sanctions on Russia. SSP criticised Chinese investments into Serbian infrastructure, claiming that "Serbia became the first Chinese colony in Europe" ( Srbija prva kineska kolonija u Evropi ). Regarding Belgrade, SSP stated its support for

408-624: A joint platform with the PSG regarding the inter-party dialogues on electoral conditions . This was opposed by the People's Party (Narodna), which ultimately led to the dissolution of UOPS in January 2021. SSP presented its political platform for the inter-party dialogues in February 2021. The dialogues lasted from July to October 2021, though SSP left the dialogues in September 2021 after stating that

476-444: A new labour law that would according to SSP "increase wages that could be then used to live with dignity" ( omogućiti plate od kojih može da se dostojanstveno živi ). Đilas also stated that he is opposed to neoliberalism , calling it "not just wrong, but life-threatening" ( neoliberalna ideologija ne samo pogrešna, već i opasna po život ). Critical of duty-free trade with China, SSP has said that it "brings long-term consequences to

544-495: A physical attack on Borko Stefanović ; SZS supported the protests. In March 2019, it was announced that Đilas agreed with Bulatović to reconstruct the party as SSP with Đilas as the party's president; Đilas previously stated that he had no plans of buying ZEP–Zeleni. Alongside ZEP–Zeleni, the Serbian Left (LS), a political party led by Stefanović, and ten movements and individuals merged to create SSP. The founding convention

612-701: A platform in which they pledged reconciliation, cooperation, and the acceptance of diversity between countries in the Balkans . SSP condemned the Srebrenica genocide , stating that "11 July should be the remembrance of the Srebrenica victims" ( 11. jul treba da bude posvećen srebreničkim žrtvama ), and that "the Balkans should function on the principles of tolerance and cooperation" ( Balkan koji funkcioniše na principima tolerancije i saradnje ). SSP has criticised

680-540: A substitute and sat as a "non-registered" member. Serbian language Serbian ( српски / srpski , pronounced [sr̩̂pskiː] ) is the standardized variety of the Serbo-Croatian language mainly used by Serbs . It is the official and national language of Serbia , one of the three official languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina and co-official in Montenegro and Kosovo . It

748-449: Is a rare example of synchronic digraphia , a situation where all literate members of a society have two interchangeable writing systems available to them. Media and publishers typically select one alphabet or the other. In general, the alphabets are used interchangeably; except in the legal sphere, where Cyrillic is required, there is no context where one alphabet or another predominates. Although Serbian language authorities have recognized

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816-524: Is a recognized minority language in Croatia , North Macedonia , Romania , Hungary , Slovakia , and the Czech Republic . Standard Serbian is based on the most widespread dialect of Serbo-Croatian, Shtokavian (more specifically on the dialects of Šumadija-Vojvodina and Eastern Herzegovina ), which is also the basis of standard Croatian , Bosnian , and Montenegrin varieties and therefore

884-536: Is part of the Western South Slavic subgroup, but there are still significant differences in vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation to the standardized forms of Serbo-Croatian, although it is closer to the Kajkavian and Chakavian dialects of Serbo-Croatian ). Speakers by country: Serbian was the official language of Montenegro until October 2007, when the new Constitution of Montenegro replaced

952-530: Is shows that it was in accord with its time; for example, the Serbian Alexandride , a book about Alexander the Great , and a translation of Tristan and Iseult into Serbian. Although not belonging to the literature proper, the corpus of Serbian literacy in the 14th and 15th centuries contains numerous legal, commercial and administrative texts with marked presence of Serbian vernacular juxtaposed on

1020-718: Is the "identity script" of the Serbian nation. However, the law does not regulate scripts in standard language , or standard language itself by any means, leaving the choice of script as a matter of personal preference and to the free will in all aspects of life (publishing, media, trade and commerce, etc.), except in government paperwork production and in official written communication with state officials, which have to be in Cyrillic. Traffic signs and directional signs, and place names, on main or international roads are to be written with both Cyrillic and Latin script To most Serbians,

1088-435: Is the only general historical dictionary of Serbo-Croatian. Its first editor was Đuro Daničić , followed by Pero Budmani and the famous Vukovian Tomislav Maretić . The sources of this dictionary are, especially in the first volumes, mainly Štokavian . There are older, pre-standard dictionaries, such as the 1791 German–Serbian dictionary or 15th century Arabic-Persian-Greek-Serbian Conversation Textbook . The standard and

1156-794: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Serbian, written in the Cyrillic script : Сва људска бића рађају се слободна и једнака у достојанству и правима. Она су обдарена разумом и свешћу и треба једни према другима да поступају у духу братства. Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Serbian, written in the Latin alphabet : Sva ljudska bića rađaju se slobodna i jednaka u dostojanstvu i pravima. Ona su obdarena razumom i svešću i treba jedni prema drugima da postupaju u duhu bratstva. Article 1 of

1224-547: The Declaration on the Common Language of Croats, Bosniaks, Serbs, and Montenegrins was issued in 2017. The other dialect spoken by Serbs is Torlakian in southeastern Serbia, which is transitional to Macedonian and Bulgarian . Serbian is practically the only European standard language whose speakers are fully functionally digraphic , using both Cyrillic and Latin alphabets. The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet

1292-750: The Movement of Free Citizens and Democratic Party to form the United for the Victory of Serbia (UZPS) alliance, which was officially formalised in February 2022, to take part in the 2022 general election . The elections resulted in the SSP gaining 10 seats in the National Assembly and 6 seats in the City Assembly of Belgrade . UZPS was also dissolved after the elections. In the 2023 elections, it

1360-631: The Proto-Slavic language . There are many loanwords from different languages, reflecting cultural interaction throughout history. Notable loanwords were borrowed from Greek, Latin, Italian, Turkish, Hungarian, English, Russian, German, Czech and French. Serbian literature emerged in the Middle Ages , and included such works as Miroslavljevo jevanđelje ( Miroslav's Gospel ) in 1186 and Dušanov zakonik ( Dušan's Code ) in 1349. Little secular medieval literature has been preserved, but what there

1428-593: The Serbia Against Violence (SPN) coalition in October 2023, a coalition of political parties organising the 2023 protests. SPN announced that it will take part in the 2023 parliamentary , Vojvodina provincial , and Belgrade City Assembly elections. Along with Miroslav Aleksić from the People's Movement of Serbia , Tepić was announced as one of the representatives of SPN. In the parliamentary election, SPN won 65 seats, 16 of which went to SSP. After

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1496-620: The Serbian Progressive Party (SNS). He then met with several government ministers before forming the Alliance of Social Democrats citizens' group in January 2023. SSP took part in the 2023 mass protests , which began after the Belgrade school shooting and a mass murder near Mladenovac and Smederevo in early May 2023. The Ujedinjeni parliamentary group changed its name to Forward to Europe in July 2023. SSP became part of

1564-528: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in English: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. Serbian Left (2015) The Serbian Left was founded by Borko Stefanović as a splinter from the Democratic Party . In the 2017 Serbian presidential election ,

1632-513: The "Serbia in the EU until 2030" declaration in March 2023, while a month later it presented its "Forward to Europe" programme, aimed at bringing Serbia closer to the European Union. Following the beginning of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine , SSP has called for the end of the war in Ukraine, stated its support for the territorial integrity of Ukraine, and has called for humanitarian aid to be sent to

1700-592: The Constitution of 1992. Amid opposition from pro-Serbian parties, Montenegrin was made the sole official language of the country, and Serbian was given the status of a language in official use along with Bosnian , Albanian , and Croatian . In the 2023 Montenegrin census, 43.18% declared Serbian to be their native language, while Montenegrin was declared by 34.52% of the population. Standard Serbian language uses both Cyrillic ( ћирилица , ćirilica ) and Latin script ( latinica , латиница ). Serbian

1768-830: The Global Progressive Forum which was organised by PES in December 2022. SSP became an observer member of PES in November 2023. In the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe , SSP is represented by Tatjana Pašić , who sits in the Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group , while in the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities , SSP was previously represented by Marko Dimić, who was

1836-772: The Latin alphabet whereas 36% favors the Cyrillic one. Latin script has become more and more popular in Serbia, as it is easier to input on phones and computers. The sort order of the ćirilica ( ћирилица ) alphabet: The sort order of the latinica ( латиница ) alphabet: Serbian is a highly inflected language , with grammatical morphology for nouns, pronouns and adjectives as well as verbs. Serbian nouns are classified into three declensional types, denoted largely by their nominative case endings as "-a" type, "-i" and "-e" type. Into each of these declensional types may fall nouns of any of three genders : masculine, feminine or neuter. Each noun may be inflected to represent

1904-410: The Latin script predominates, although both scripts are commonly seen. The Serbian government has encouraged increasing the use of Cyrillic in these contexts. Larger signs, especially those put up by the government, will often feature both alphabets; if the sign has English on it, then usually only Cyrillic is used for the Serbian text. A survey from 2014 showed that 47% of the Serbian population favors

1972-450: The Latin script tends to imply a cosmopolitan or neutral attitude, while Cyrillic appeals to a more traditional or vintage sensibility. In media, the public broadcaster, Radio Television of Serbia , predominantly uses the Cyrillic script whereas the privately run broadcasters, like RTV Pink , predominantly use the Latin script. Newspapers can be found in both scripts. In the public sphere, with logos, outdoor signage and retail packaging,

2040-555: The National Assembly and City Assembly of Belgrade; these groups were formalised under the name Ujedinjeni . Đilas was re-elected president of SSP in July 2022, while Stefanović, Tepić, and Bulatović retained their positions; Goran Petrović and Dušan Nikezić also became vice-presidents of the party. Bulatović however left SSP and the Ujedinjeni parliamentary group in December 2022, claiming that Tepić allegedly lobbies for

2108-534: The SSP parliamentary group, with Đorđić leaving SSP altogether. They were followed by Sonja Pernat and Irena Živković in November; Veselinović announced the formation of a new political party before 2025. At the founding convention in April 2019, Đilas stated that SSP would focus on economic prosperity and education, and that it would adopt a declaration of reconciliation regarding the Kosovo issue . This declaration

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2176-402: The Serbian economy, jobs, and working standards". A pro-European party, SSP supports the accession of Serbia to the European Union , stating that "Serbia's future is in Europe" ( budućnost Srbije u Evropskoj uniji ). SSP also wants Serbia to harmonise its foreign policy with the European Union and has urged the government to continue the integration of Serbia to the European Union. SSP adopted

2244-503: The Victory of Serbia (UZPS), when Ponoš was confirmed to be their joint presidential candidate. In the parliamentary election, UZPS won 14% of the popular vote and 10 seats in the National Assembly, while Ponoš won 18% of the popular vote, placing second behind Aleksandar Vučić , the incumbent president of Serbia . Additionally, SSP won 6 seats in the City Assembly of Belgrade in the 2022 Belgrade City Assembly election . Following

2312-455: The acceptance of diversity" between countries in the Balkans . Supporters of SSP are pro-European while they also see themselves as socially progressive . SSP is an observer member of the Party of European Socialists . The Party of Freedom and Justice (SSP) was formed out of the Green Ecological Party – The Greens (ZEP–Zeleni), a political party that was established in 2008. Dejan Bulatović

2380-599: The approach of the Serbian government towards Kosovo and the Kosovo government of Albin Kurti , opting to solve the Kosovo issue via dialogue. In its declaration regarding Kosovo, SSP advocated for reconciliation between Serbs and Albanians. Jelena Milošević , an SSP member of parliament, claimed that Kurti's government is authoritarian and violated rights of Kosovo Serbs. During the North Kosovo crisis in 2022, SSP supported

2448-483: The beginning of the 13th century, the entire official correspondence of Dubrovnik with states in the hinterland was conducted in Serbian. In the mid-15th century, Serbia was conquered by the Ottoman Empire and for the next 400 years there was no opportunity for the creation of secular written literature. However, some of the greatest literary works in Serbian come from this time, in the form of oral literature,

2516-580: The early 19th century, Vuk Stefanović Karadžić promoted the spoken language of the people as a literary norm. The dialects of Serbo-Croatian , regarded Serbian (traditionally spoken in Serbia), include: Vuk Karadžić 's Srpski rječnik , first published in 1818, is the earliest dictionary of modern literary Serbian. The Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (I–XXIII), published by the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts from 1880 to 1976,

2584-406: The elections, SPN organised anti-government protests which lasted until 30 December. During the protests, Tepić and other SSP politicians were on a hunger strike . Once the 14th National Assembly of Serbia was constituted, SSP formed a joint parliamentary group with PSG. This group was dissolved in April 2024, after which SSP formed a parliamentary group on its own. The City Assembly of Belgrade

2652-530: The elections, Đilas met with Vučić to discuss about the outcome of the Belgrade City Assembly election. This resulted into criticism from Narodna; DS also added that Đilas did not consult with other coalition members before the meeting. This ultimately led to the dissolution of UZPS. Following the elections, SSP announced that it would form a joint parliamentary group with PSG, Movement for Reversal , and United Trade Unions of Serbia "Sloga" in

2720-606: The general-secretary of SSP, and Ana Stevanović serves as the international secretary of SSP. Its headquarters is located at Vojvode Stepe 199 in Belgrade. SSP has a youth wing named the SSP Youth and a women's wing named Women's Network. Đilas met with Zoran Zaev , the president of the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia , in February 2019 with whom he discussed cooperation between SSP and Zaev's party. As

2788-524: The increase on toll fees in June 2019, claiming that the quality of the roads has not improved since 2017, when the toll fees were previously increased. Later in December 2019, SSP presented its proposed law on the origin of property at its party session, which according to Stefanović would confiscate property from those who cannot prove that they acquired it legally. According to its programme from 2020, SSP guaranteed to "implement tax reforms that would introduce

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2856-456: The introduction of a new labour law . The party supports the accession of Serbia to the European Union , wants Serbia to harmonise its foreign policy with the European Union, and initiate sanctions on Russia regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine . SSP has criticised Chinese investments into infrastructure and it had adopted a platform in which they pledged "reconciliation, cooperation, and

2924-469: The joint coalition, which was mainly composed of SSP, Narodna, PSG, and the Democratic Party (DS). Shortly before the January 2022 constitutional referendum , SSP called for citizens to not take part in the referendum. Later in January 2022, SSP proposed Zdravko Ponoš of Narodna as the presidential candidate of the joint coalition. This coalition was formalised in February 2022 under the name United for

2992-605: The matrix of Serbian Church Slavonic . By the beginning of the 14th century the Serbo-Croatian language, which was so rigorously proscribed by earlier local laws, becomes the dominant language of the Republic of Ragusa . However, despite her wealthy citizens speaking the Serbo-Croatian dialect of Dubrovnik in their family circles, they sent their children to Florentine schools to become perfectly fluent in Italian. Since

3060-407: The most notable form being epic poetry . The epic poems were mainly written down in the 19th century, and preserved in oral tradition up to the 1950s, a few centuries or even a millennium longer than by most other "epic folks". Goethe and Jacob Grimm learned Serbian in order to read Serbian epic poetry in the original. By the end of the 18th century, the written literature had become estranged from

3128-415: The noun they modify, but must agree in number, gender and case with the modified noun. Serbian verbs are conjugated in four past forms— perfect , aorist , imperfect , and pluperfect —of which the last two have a very limited use (imperfect is still used in some dialects, but the majority of native Serbian speakers consider it archaic), one future tense (also known as the first future tense, as opposed to

3196-517: The noun's grammatical case , of which Serbian has seven: Nouns are further inflected to represent the noun's number , singular or plural. Pronouns, when used, are inflected along the same case and number morphology as nouns. Serbian is a pro-drop language , meaning that pronouns may be omitted from a sentence when their meaning is easily inferred from the text. In cases where pronouns may be dropped, they may also be used to add emphasis. For example: Adjectives in Serbian may be placed before or after

3264-451: The official status of both scripts in contemporary Standard Serbian for more than half of a century now, due to historical reasons, the Cyrillic script was made the official script of Serbia's administration by the 2006 Constitution . The Latin script continues to be used in official contexts, although the government has indicated its desire to phase out this practice due to national sentiment. The Ministry of Culture believes that Cyrillic

3332-682: The only completed etymological dictionary of Serbian is the " Skok ", written by the Croatian linguist Petar Skok : Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika ("Etymological Dictionary of Croatian or Serbian"). I-IV. Zagreb 1971–1974. There is also a new monumental Etimološki rečnik srpskog jezika (Etymological Dictionary of Serbian). So far, two volumes have been published: I (with words on A-), and II (Ba-Bd). There are specialized etymological dictionaries for German, Italian, Croatian, Turkish, Greek, Hungarian, Russian, English and other loanwords (cf. chapter word origin ). Article 1 of

3400-535: The proposal was written on the model of practice of former Romanian anti-corruption prosecutor Laura Kövesi . SSP is also opposed to "party employment" ( stranačko zapošljavanje ), saying that "it should not matter whether you are a member of a political party, but whether you have the qualifications to do a certain job" ( neće biti važno da li ste član stranke, već da li imate kvalifikaciju da radite određeni posao ). In July 2022, SSP criticised attacks on investigative journalists. Ideologically, SSP has been described as

3468-410: The proposed document is "unacceptable" ( neprihvatljiv ), claiming that the document does not offer concrete solutions regarding electoral conditions. After leaving the dialogues, SSP renewed its cooperation with Narodna, which led to the announcement that they would take part in a coalition for the 2022 general election . In November 2021, it was announced that Tepić would be the ballot representative of

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3536-411: The reduction of corruption and abolishment of unnecessary projects, enough money would be collected to finance free schoolbooks and higher salaries for educators" ( ukoliko bi se smanjila korupcije i ukinuli nepotrebni projekti, prikupilo dovoljno para za finansiranje besplatnih udženika i većih plata za prosvetne radnike ). SSP has criticised workers' conditions in Serbia and has called for the adoption of

3604-551: The representative of SSP, Đilas took part in a meeting that was organised by the Party of European Socialists (PES) in May 2020, where he expressed his party's position regarding the 2020 parliamentary election and European Union. In November 2022, SSP formed connections with the Social Democratic Party of Austria which stated its support for SSP to be admitted into PES. As the representative of SSP, Tepić took part in

3672-408: The resignation of Kosovo Serbs from the institutions of the government of Kosovo. According to a Heinrich Böll Foundation research from November 2020, supporters of SSP saw themselves as socially progressive and economically leftist. The researchers also noted that voters with more liberal preferences were also orientated towards SSP. Spasojević noted in 2022 that its supporters closely represented

3740-413: The second conditional (without use in the spoken language—it should be used for impossible conditional clauses). Serbian has active and passive voice . As for the non-finite verb forms, Serbian has one infinitive , two adjectival participles (the active and the passive), and two adverbial participles (the present and the past). Most Serbian words are of native Slavic lexical stock, tracing back to

3808-433: The second future tense or the future exact, which is considered a tense of the conditional mood by some contemporary linguists), and one present tense . These are the tenses of the indicative mood. Apart from the indicative mood, there is also the imperative mood . The conditional mood has two more tenses: the first conditional (commonly used in conditional clauses, both for possible and impossible conditional clauses) and

3876-466: The spoken language. In the second half of the 18th century, the new language appeared, called Slavonic-Serbian . This artificial idiom superseded the works of poets and historians like Gavrilo Stefanović Venclović , who wrote in essentially modern Serbian in the 1720s. These vernacular compositions have remained cloistered from the general public and received due attention only with the advent of modern literary historians and writers like Milorad Pavić . In

3944-637: The termination of the contract with the investor of Belgrade Waterfront in April 2021. SSP called for the end of "environmental massacre" ( ekološki masakr ) in Aleksinac in May 2019, claiming that the trees in the centre of Aleksinac were cut down illegally. SSP criticised the ministry of environmental protection regarding the quality of air in Bor in June 2019, claiming that the government ignored excessive air pollution with sulfur dioxide and heavy metal particles. Regarding regional cooperation, SSP has adopted

4012-402: The views of Tepić than Đilas, while he also noted that its voters are pro-European. SSP is led by Dragan Đilas, who was most recently re-elected in 2022. Additionally, Stefanović serves as the party's deputy president, while Tepić, Nikezić, and Petrović serve as vice-presidents of SSP. Alongside them, Velibor Pavlović serves as the president of the party's executive board, Peđa Mitrović serves as

4080-420: The vulnerable population. Initially, SSP opposed to sanctioning Russia , though they reversed this position after the 2022 general elections. Đilas later criticised political neutrality regarding the issue, stating that "neutrality is treated as siding with [Russia]" ( politička neutralnost u ovom trenutku se tretira kao svrstavanje uz [ Rusiju ]"; he also said that Serbia should remain military neutral but with

4148-532: Was adopted by SZS later that month. Mass protests that began in 2018 formally ended in March 2020 due to the proclamation of the COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia . After the June 2020 parliamentary election, SZS was dissolved and subsequently transformed into the United Opposition of Serbia (UOPS), in which SSP also took part. However, UOPS remained unstable; SSP announced in December 2020 that it would form

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4216-481: Was devised in 1814 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić , who created it based on phonemic principles. The Latin alphabet used for Serbian ( latinica ) was designed by the Croatian linguist Ljudevit Gaj in the 1830s based on the Czech system with a one-to-one grapheme-phoneme correlation between the Cyrillic and Latin orthographies, resulting in a parallel system. Serbian is a standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian ,

4284-442: Was held on 19 April 2019, at which Đilas was chosen president, Stefanović as deputy president, and Bulatović and Marinika Tepić as vice-presidents. Following its formation, SSP gained two seats in the National Assembly of Serbia and 13 seats in the City Assembly of Belgrade . SSP announced that it would boycott the 2020 parliamentary election in September 2019, claiming that the election would not be free and fair. This position

4352-426: Was initiated by Đilas in 2018. Together with SZS, SSP boycotted the 2020 parliamentary election , claiming that the election would not be free and fair. After the election, SSP became part of the United Opposition of Serbia (UOPS), the successor of SZS. UOPS would be eventually dissolved in January 2021, due to disputes between SSP and the People's Party (Narodna). In late 2021, SSP and Narodna returned together with

4420-521: Was not constituted because the quorum was not met during the constitutve session. A new election was then called for 2 June. SSP opposed the participation in the new snap election on the grounds that electoral conditions did not improve. This ultimately led to the dissolution of SPN. Parties that decided to take part in the election formed the We Choose Belgrade electoral alliance. In October 2024, Željko Veselinović and Đorđe Đorđić left

4488-412: Was part of the Serbia Against Violence alliance. SSP is a centre-left political party and it serves in opposition to SNS. A self-described anti-corruption party, the party is also opposed to party employment, while regarding economy, SSP has called for tax reforms that would bring in progressive taxation . SSP supports financing free textbooks and school meals for school children, and has called for

4556-497: Was presented in May 2019, with SSP stating that the declaration "predicts the way to solve the people's life problems [in Kosovo]" ( predviđa put rešavanja životnih problema ljudi [ na Kosovu ]). SSP serves in opposition to SNS. Describing itself as an anti-corruption party, SSP proposed a law regarding the "fight against corruption of public officeholders" ( borbu protiv korupcije javnih funkcionera ) in November 2019; Tepić noted that

4624-650: Was the leader of ZEP–Zeleni after 2015. He led the party into a coalition with the Greens of Serbia (ZS), which fell apart before the 2017 presidential election , and was a part of the Civic Bloc 381 coalition which was formed in 2018 and headed by the Movement of Free Citizens (PSG). ZEP–Zeleni left the bloc in November 2018. A month later, ZEP–Zeleni joined the Alliance for Serbia (SZS), an opposition political alliance initiated by Dragan Đilas in 2018. A series of anti-government protests began in December 2018 after

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