United Opposition of Serbia

The United Opposition of Serbia (Serbian: Удружена Опозиција Србије, romanized: Udružena Opozicija Srbije) is an extra-parlamentary big tent opposition coalition in Serbia, founded in 2020 as a successor of the Alliance for Serbia.[1]

Not to be confused with Democratic Opposition of Serbia.

United Opposition of Serbia Удружена опозиција Србије Udružena opozicija Srbije
Leader	12 leaders of member parties, most notably Dragan Đilas (SSP), Zoran Lutovac (DS) and Vuk Jeremić (NS)
Founded	August 10, 2020 (2020-08-10)
Preceded by	Alliance for Serbia
Headquarters	Belgrade
Political position	Big tent
National Assembly	0 / 250
Vojvodina Assembly	0 / 120
Belgrade City Assembly	18 / 110
Politics of Serbia Political parties Elections

History and formation

By mid-2020, members from the Alliance for Serbia (Serbian: Савез за Србију, romanized: Savez za Srbiju, SzS) publicly said that they aren't satisfied with how the coalition is functioning, and by that, it became clear that the organization needs to be restructured.

In August, the nationalist right-wing to far-right Dveri Movement opted not to join the new coalition.

United Opposition of Serbia was eventually founded in August 2020 as a successor of the Alliance for Serbia, which boycotted the 2020 Serbian parliamentary election. Other Serbian opposition political parties such as Healthy Serbia, Together for Serbia, Party of Modern Serbia, Social Democratic Party, New Party, Movement of Free Citizens, Enough is Enough and the Democratic Party of Serbia aren't eligible to join the new coalition because they didn't boycott elections.[2]

Positions

Unlike its predecessor, that contained multiple eurosceptic and social conservative parties (such as Dveri and Healthy Serbia), UOS is considered to be distinctly more pro-European coallition, also employing more socially liberal discourse.[1]

Members

There are 12 founding members of United Opposition, including Đorđe Vukadinović, a non-partisan individual.

Name		Leader	Main ideology	Political position
	Party of Freedom and Justice Странка слободе и правде Stranka slobode i pravde	Dragan Đilas	Social democracy Environmentalism	Centre-left
	People's Party Народна странка Narodna stranka	Vuk Jeremić	Liberal conservatism Pro-Europeanism	Centre-right
	Democratic Party Демократска странка Demokratska stranka	Zoran Lutovac	Social democracy Pro-Europeanism	Centre to centre-left
	Movement for Reversal Покрет за преокрет Pokret za preokret	Janko Veselinović	Social liberalism Social democracy	Centre-left
	United Trade Unions of Serbia "Sloga" Удружени синдикати Србије „Слога” Udruženi sindikati Srbije „Sloga”	Željko Veselinović	Labour rights Democratic socialism	Left-wing
	Fatherland Отаџбина Otadžbina	Slaviša Ristić	Conservatism Christian democracy	Right-wing
	Statehood Movement of Serbia Државотворни покрет Србије Državotvorni pokret Srbije	Slobodan Samardžić	National conservatism Right-wing populism	Right-wing
	Civic Platform Грађанска платформа Građanska platforma	Jovan Jovanović	Social democracy Pro-Europeanism	Centre-left
	Movement Free Serbia Покрет слободна Србија Pokret slobodna Srbija	Lidija Martinović	Social democracy Pro-Europeanism	Centre-left
	Šumadija Region Шумадијска регија Šumadijska regija	Ana Santrač	Regionalism Pro-Europeanism	Centre-left
	Democratic Community of Vojvodina Hungarians Демократска заједница војвођанских Мађара Vajdasági Magyar Demokrata Párt	Áron Csonka	Hungarian minority interests Regionalism	Centre-left

See also

• Alliance for Serbia, the predecessor of this political alliance.

References

1. Udružena opozicija Srbije – početak ne obećava, Deutsche Welle (in Serbian). Retrieved 2020-08-12.
2. "Formirana Udružena opozicija, cilj - smena režima i izgradnja slobodnog društva". N1 Srbija (in Serbian). Retrieved 2020-08-10.