For Our Children (Serbia)

The Coalition around the Serbian Progressive Party (Serbian: Коалиција око Српске напредне странке / Koalicija oko Srpske napredne stranke) or the SNS-led coalition, currently named For Our Children (Serbian: За нашу децу / Za našu decu), is a catch-all ruling political coalition in Serbia.

Aleksandar Vučić — For Our Children Александар Вучић — за нашу децу Aleksandar Vučić — za našu decu
Leader	Aleksandar Vučić
Founder	Tomislav Nikolić
Founded	20 March 2012
Headquarters	Belgrade
Ideology	Conservatism Big tent Populism (majority) Factions National conservatism Social conservatism Right-wing populism Economic liberalism Pro-Europeanism Social democracy
Political position	Centre-right (majority)^[a]
National Assembly	188 / 250
Assembly of Vojvodina	76 / 120
City Assembly of Belgrade	64 / 110
Politics of Serbia Political parties Elections ^ a: However, there are some social democratic centre-left and national conservative right-wing parties.

It was first formed in 2012 as "Let's Get Serbia Moving". In addition to the dominant party, the Serbian Progressive Party the coalition currently is composed of the Movement of Socialists, Social Democratic Party of Serbia, Party of United Pensioners of Serbia, Strength of Serbia Movement, Serbian People's Party, Serbian Renewal Movement and the People's Peasant Party.

Since July 2012, it has been part of the coalition government together with the Socialist Party of Serbia–United Serbia alliance.

History

The big tent coalition was formed in mid-2012 as the opposition Let's Get Serbia Moving – Tomislav Nikolić pre-election alliance, composed of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), the New Serbia (NS), Movement of Socialists (PS), Strength of Serbia Movement (PSS), People's Peasant Party (NSS) and some minor associations and civic initiatives, as well some parties of national minorities in Serbia, such as Bosniak People's Party, Democratic Party of Macedonians and Roma Party. Leader of the Serbian Progressive Party Tomislav Nikolić headed the joint electoral list at the parliamentary election in May 2012. At the election SNS-led alliance received 24.05% of the popular vote and 73 seats in the Parlament, forming an coalition government with the Socialist Party of Serbia and the United Regions of Serbia.[1][2] The SNS got 55 seats within its coalition, while NS 8 and PS 1. The other minor coalition partners that are present on the list in this election had won in total 6 seats.

For the 2014 early parliamentary election the Aleksandar Vučić's Serbian Progressive Party renewed their coalition with the Velimir Ilić's party New Serbia and the Movement of Socialists of minister Aleksandar Vulin, as it was in the previous election (2012) when President Nikolić headed the coalition. The coalition was this time joined by Rasim Ljajić's Social Democratic Party of Serbia (SDPS) and Vuk Drašković's monarchist Serbian Renewal Movement (SPO) (who along with themselves bring their internal coalition partner, the Christian Democratic Party of Serbia (DHSS), which was once a partner of the Democratic Party),[3] The Strength of Serbia Movement of the tycoon under criminal charges in flight Bogoljub Karić was at the previous election a coalition partner; this time not being officially so, the list still does contain its members as official candidates.[4] The same is the case with the some other minor political parties and associations[5] At the election the SNS-led coalition ran as the Aleksandar Vučić — Future We Believe In, winning 48.34% of the popular vote and the 158 seats in the Parliament. SNS received 128 seats, SDPS 10, NS 6, SPO 5 and PS 1. SNS and coalition leader Vučić was appointed as the new Prime Minister.

On 19 February 2016, the Party of United Pensioners of Serbia (PUPS) decided to leave the coalition with SPS, and sign an agreement with SNS,[6] as did the Social Democratic Party of Serbia and the newly formed Serbian People's Party (SNP, split from the Democratic Party of Serbia).[7] At the at the snap 2016 parliamentary election the coalition around the SNS, ran under a new name Aleksandar Vučić — Serbia is Winning, won an majority of 131 seats (out of 250 in the National Assembly). After the election, its leader Aleksandar Vučić remains in office as Prime Minister. Vučić announced the his new cabinet on 8 August, consisting of eight old and eight new ministers, retaining the coalition with the Socialist Party of Serbia.[8] The government was approved by the National Assembly on 10 August.[9] In 2017 the New Serbia leaves the coalition with the SNS.

Members

Party		Abbr.	Main ideology	Leader	Seats	Member
	Serbian Progressive Party Српска напредна странка Srpska napredna stranka	SNS	Social conservatism Right-wing populism	Aleksandar Vučić	158 / 250	2012–
	Social Democratic Party of Serbia Социјалдемократска партија Србије Socijaldemokratska partija Srbije	SDPS	Social democracy Pro-Europeanism	Rasim Ljajić	9 / 250	2014–
	Party of United Pensioners of Serbia Партија уједињених пензионера Србије Partija ujedinjenih penzionera Srbije	PUPS	Pensioners' interests Social democracy	Milan Krkobabić	9 / 250	2016–
	Serbian People's Party Српска народна партија Srpska narodna partija	SNP	Serbian nationalism Euroscepticism	Nenad Popović	3 / 250	2016–
	Movement of Socialists Покрет социјалиста Pokret socijalista	PS	Left-wing populism Serbian nationalism	Aleksandar Vulin	3 / 250	2012–
	Serbian Renewal Movement Српски покрет обнове Srpski pokret obnove	SPO	National liberalism Liberal nationalism	Vuk Drašković	2 / 250	2014–
	Strength of Serbia Movement Покрет снага Србије Pokret snaga Srbije	PSS	Social conservatism Economic liberalism	Bogoljub Karić	2 / 250	2012–
	People's Peasant Party Народна сељачка странка Narodna seljačka stranka	NSS	Populism National conservatism	Marijan Rističević	1 / 250	2012–

Former members

Party		Abbr.	Main ideology	Leader	Member between
	Independent Democratic Party of Serbia Самостална Демократска странка Србије Samostalna Demokratska stranka Srbije	SDSS	National conservatism Military neutrality	Andreja Mladenović	2016–2018
	New Serbia Нова Србија Nova Srbija	NS	National conservatism Right-wing populism	Velimir Ilić	2012–2017
	Christian Democratic Party of Serbia Демохришћанска Странка Србије Demohrišćanska Stranka Srbije	DHSS	Christian democracy Social conservativism	Olgica Batić	2014–2016
	Bosniak People's Party Бошњачка народна странка Bošnjačka narodna stranka	BNS	Bosniak minority politics Social conservativism	Mujo Muković	2012–2016
	Democratic Party of Macedonians Демократска партија Македонаца Демократска партија на Македонци	DSM	Macedonian minority politics Social democracy	Nenad Krsteski	2012–2014
	Roma Party Ромска партија Romani partija	RP	Romani minority politics Social democracy	Srđan Šajn	2012–2014

Electoral performance

Parliamentary elections

National Assembly of Serbia

Year	Leader	Coalition name	Popular vote	% of popular vote	# of seats	Seat change	Government
2012	Tomislav Nikolić	Let's Get Serbia Moving	940,659	24.05%	73 / 250	73	Coalition
2014	Aleksandar Vučić	Future to Believe In	1,736,920	48.35%	158 / 250	85	Coalition
2016		Serbia is Winning	1,823,147	48.25%	131 / 250	27	Coalition
2020		For Our Children	1,953,998	60.65%	188 / 250	57	Coalition

Presidential elections

President of Serbia

Year	Candidate	Party	#	1st round popular vote	% of popular vote	#	2nd round popular vote	% of popular vote
2012	Tomislav Nikolić	SNS	2nd	979,216	25.05%	1st	1,552,063	49.54%
2017	Aleksandar Vučić	SNS	1st	2,012,788	56.01%	N/A	—	—

References

1. "Serbians choose new parliament, president, local govts", B92, 6 May 2012
2. Eizbori, 7 May 2012, archived from the original on 10 May 2012
3. "Vučić: Bićemo uvek uz narod". Večernje novosti (in Serbian). 3 February 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
4. "SNS prva predala listu RIK-u: Ne interesuje nas matematika već ljudi". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
5. "SNS i APPS zajedno na predstojećim izborima". Archived from the original on 30 January 2014.
6. Pensioner party leaves coalition with Socialists B92, 19 February 2016
7. SNS IDE NA IZBORE SA SDPS Blic, 25 January 2016
8. "Objavljen sastav nove Vlade, osam novih imena". N1. 8 August 2016.
9. "New Serbian government gets parliament approval". Reuters. 11 August 2016.