politics
April 5, 2026
Feed the Master to Be Devoured
From the SPS to the Movement of Socialists, from the Party of Modern Serbia to the People's Peasant Party, from the SRS to the SPO, from local to minority parties - the spectrum of the progressives' partner organizations is increasingly wide. Everyone gives to the ruling party according to their abilities, and it takes from everyone according to its own needs.
TL;DR
- The ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) has a broad network of partner organizations, including the SPS, Movement of Socialists, Party of Modern Serbia, People's Peasant Party, SRS, SPO, and various local and minority parties.
- Smaller parties often join the SNS in coalition, sometimes by merging or appearing on SNS electoral lists, in exchange for ministerial or parliamentary seats.
- The strategy of President Aleksandar Vučić is described as aiming to destroy multi-party democracy by absorbing or neutralizing parties with distinct identities.
- Parties that were once critical of the SNS, such as Zavetnici and SRS, have shifted towards alignment, with their leaders taking government positions.
- Even parties with local influence, like Milan Stamatović's Healthy Serbia and Balint Pastor's Party of Vojvodinian Hungarians, either align with or appear on SNS lists for local elections.
- The article suggests that the SNS takes from these partners according to its needs, indicating a strategy of resource acquisition and power consolidation.
- Examples include the SPS's reduced electoral performance, the absorption of PUPS by the SNS, and the symbolic alignment of parties like the SPO and SPAS.
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