Serbien nach den Wahlen 2022 – Wie Zeitkaufen und Taktieren zum dominanten politischen Muster wurden. Wie Verzögern und Taktieren zum dominanten politischen Muster wurden
Serbia after the 2022 Elections – How Delaying and Tactics Became the Dominant Political Pattern. How Delaying and Tactics Became the Dominant Political Pattern

Summary/Abstract: According to international research, over the last few years Serbia belongs to the top ten most autocratizing states worldwide. The political dominance of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) and Aleksandar Vučić, president of Serbia, limits the space for free and fair competition and reduces the possibilities for oppositional parties to challenge the incumbent. It is against this background that Vučić called early elections for April 2022. The electoral campaign was dominated by the war in Ukraine. Despite some new dynamics on the green-left side of the Serbian political spectrum and a significant rise of the far-right, SNS and Vučić were able to score yet another electoral win. The center of political power and decision-making will remain in the hands of Aleksandar Vučić. Serbia still refuses to introduce sanctions against Russia despite being under strong pressure from the West to do so. Vučić continues to rely on his usual strategy of buying time internally and navigating between the West – the USA and the EU – Russia, China and Turkey.

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