{"id":209082,"date":"2026-10-26T22:33:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T19:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/209082\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T22:36:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T19:36:22","slug":"serbias-new-government-will-likely-follow-eu-on-belarus-analyst-says","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/209082\/","title":{"rendered":"Serbia\u2019s new government will likely follow EU on Belarus, analyst says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\n\n \"\"\n
\n
\n\n Belgrade\n <\/div>\n \n
\n wikimedia.org<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

October 26, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Serbia\u2019s new government will most likely follow the European Union\u2019s lead on Belarus, political analyst and historian Alaksandar Frydman told Pozirk<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe victory of Student List in Sunday\u2019s parliamentary elections is good news for Belarus\u2019 pro-democracy forces,\u201d Frydman said. \u201cIt means new opportunities on the Serbian track. \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja\u2019s relations with Belgrade can only get better now. They will certainly not be worse than under Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the same time, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s cozy relations with Serbia are probably coming to an end, he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Frydman, the opposition\u2019s victory is a chance for Serbia to carry out anti-corruption reforms. He described Vu\u010di\u0107 as a \u201cdifficult partner\u201d for both Russia and the European Union as well as the United States who \u201chas always played his own game, just like Hungary\u2019s former Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Serbia\u2019s early parliamentary elections ended with a decisive victory for the Student List, which gained about 53 percent of the vote and roughly 140 seats, defeating Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107\u2019s United Serbia\/SNS, which took around 40 percent and about 105 seats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Student List emerged from two years of anti\u2011corruption protests sparked by the 2024 Novi Sad railroad station collapse, while Vu\u010di\u0107, Serbia\u2019s dominant political figure since 2012, resigned as president last month to run for the position of prime minister but ultimately conceded defeat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has congratulated Student List on victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 was the only European head of state to congratulate Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka on his \u201cvictory\u201d in the 2025 election. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vu\u010di\u0107 said last July that Serbia had not aligned itself with three quarters of the European Union\u2019s sanctions against Belarus.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Vu\u010di\u0107, although alignment with the EU\u2019s sanctions against Russia is the key condition for Serbia\u2019s accession to the 27-nation bloc, Belgrade has de facto \u201cimposed none on Belarus.\u201d \u201cWe didn\u2019t want to impose sanctions on the Belarusian leadership,\u201d he said.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Serbia, a candidate for membership in the European Union, has adopted a number of restrictive measures against Moscow and Minsk over Russia\u2019s full-scale war against Ukraine but has refused to fully comply with the EU\u2019s sanctions policy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n
\n \"\"