Serbia's leaderless Student List takes its protest movement into Sunday's tight parliamentary elections

Summary

Serbia's Student List, a movement born from fury over the deadly Novi Sad station collapse, is taking its protests into this Sunday's closely contested parliamentary elections. The leaderless grassroots group is challenging Aleksandar Vučić, who has dominated Serbian politics for 12 years, and the report calls it the country's most consequential political movement in decades. The report places the vote within wider youth-led protests across Europe over living costs, unaffordable housing and education standards, with young people in Serbia taking on the apparatus of the state itself.

Timeline

1. The Guardian

   23 Oct 2026, 05:43 UTCSource ↗

   The Guardian's Friday briefing reports that Serbia's leaderless Student List, born from fury over the deadly Novi Sad station collapse, is contesting the tight parliamentary elections this Sunday as an unprecedented grassroots campaign challenging Aleksandar Vučić's 12-year domination of Serbian politics.