Brussels and Berlin now have to establish communication with the Students’ List

The unexpectedly convincing result of the Students’ List in yesterday’s parliamentary elections puts Serbia’s European partners in a difficult position, and they now have to establish new channels of communication, writes the Berlin portal Table.Europe today.

According to this portal, part of Table.Media, until now Brussels and Berlin have supported former Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, who resigned in order to run for prime minister, as an allegedly stabilizing factor.

It is further recalled that the European People’s Party, the largest political group in the European Parliament, has been considering for more than a year whether to revoke observer status from Vučić’s Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) because his rule has become increasingly authoritarian.

“Brussels and Berlin have so far kept their distance from the Students’ List, but now they must establish channels of communication,” writes Table.Europe.

The portal states that the Students’ List won 52 percent of the vote in the snap elections and will have 135-140 seats in parliament, as well as that a record turnout of about 70 percent was recorded.

The Students’ List mobilized voters on a platform of fighting corruption and strengthening the rule of law and transparency, and the movement emerged after the tragedy in Novi Sad two years ago, writes Table.Europe.