Dozens of academics become politicians after student group’s stunning victory
Incredible development in Serbia, where a parliament of experts sets out to reform a notoriously corrupt state.
Dozens of academics become politicians after student group’s stunning victory
Incredible development in Serbia, where a parliament of experts sets out to reform a notoriously corrupt state.
Honestly, this whole road was very hard and so surprising even for us from Serbia, I still can’t believe it. No external support, plenty of support for the ruling regime. Years of protests. Corruption at all levels. I can hardly believe. Already lots of arrests and country-fleeing rats. We’ve already had revolutions, but this one is the first one that feels like it’s peoples’. Hope it turns out good. But Serbia is small and susceptible to a lot of external pressures. Gonna be really hard.
I’m American (sorry) and Serbia has given me a lot of hope the past couple weeks. Good job over there, we’re taking notes.
Gave me flashbacks to the optimism of the protests in Lebanon in 2019 before all the momentum died and the co-opting by old political factions. I hope we learn from your struggle. Good luck.
More power to you and your cause! Looking forward to visit the country soon to see what’s happening first hand.
I see the same spirit throughout Europe, I hope for similar outcomes - Albania, France, Italy, Hungary. Past regime has been breeding xenophobia, as it suits authoritarian regimes, I hope to see more celebration of similarities between people rather than pointing out differences.
Thanks for that
Here in Austria (and looking over to Germany) it doesn’t look really good…nice when not all falls apart
IMO, whenever things get tough, people first reach for the extreme - right or left, then only after that fails (and it can fail spectacularly), they look for smart-looking folks. Serbia has only been a bit quick to fail with extreme - in this case - the extreme populist. This is just my oversimplified opinion, the truth is far more complex - but Serbia has clearly had enough.
Best of luck with it!