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Who Defends EU Democratic Resilience Against Dublin’s Cuts?
19 October 2026
This weekend’s elections in Serbia are of historic proportions for the country – and for Europe. But there is a problem with how CEE politicians talk about them. What comes next for Serbia, the Western Balkans and the whole of Europe?

The leaderless Student List has defeated Aleksandar Vučić and his Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), ending his 14 years in power by peaceful, democratic means. Three conclusions follow.
First, the Student List victory is yet another defeat of the autocratic camp by democratic, peaceful means that we have seen across Central and Eastern Europe in recent years. Hungary, Poland and Serbia have all by now demonstrated societal agency shaping the national direction.