How a movement of students brought down Serbia's Vučić
Summary
A student-led movement won Serbia’s election after nearly two years of protests against corruption and government negligence. The campaign began after a train-station canopy collapse killed 16 people in Novi Sad in November 2024 and grew into a broad national challenge to Aleksandar Vučić’s political dominance.Key Facts
- The Novi Sad train-station canopy collapsed on 1 November 2024, killing 16 people.
- Critics connected the collapse to corruption and problems with the station’s renovation.
- Student protests expanded to include farmers, actors, judges and other members of society.
- Students organized through assemblies and prepared people to monitor polling stations.
- The movement fielded candidates for all 250 parliamentary seats, but no students were candidates.
- The student-backed list won the election, ending 14 years of dominance by Vučić’s Serbian Progressive Party.
- Vučić conceded defeat on Sunday night, while saying the movement would fail.
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