Serbia's student movement has "biggest opportunity in 15 years" in early election, Serbian rector says

Despite two years of repression and constant targeting by Serbian authorities, the most public supporter of the student movement active since 2024, Vladan Đokić, Rector of the University of Belgrade, will support the Student List in the early parliamentary election on 25/10/2026.

"The students are preparing themselves for the elections. This is a big opportunity that we have not had in the last 15 years; there is a new actor on the political scene, with bigger support than the ruling party," Đokić declared in an interview with News Tank on 21/10/2026.

Originally planned for December 2027, the election is happening early because the student movement successfully led to a general uprising, the resignation of the current government and the formation of a Student List, with 250 candidates to…