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Serbian students demand snap parliamentary elections after months of protests

The student movement in Serbia, which has been protesting for months against Aleksandar Vučić's government, has now made early parliamentary elections one of their demands.

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00:00After demonstrating against the government for six months,
00:05the student movement in Serbia is now demanding early parliamentary elections.
00:10The pressure over the deadly awning collapse at a train station in Novi Sad
00:14already caused a series of arrests.
00:17Students now say that the voice of youth is not just noise,
00:22but a force that can initiate changes.
00:25We hope the government will support these foreign elections.
00:30We agreed only that the students will not be on that list.
00:35We will continue to agree on how the list will be formed.
00:39Serbian opposition says that in the last few months,
00:42the ruling coalition has lost its legitimacy to lead the country.
00:48The Green Left Front says that it can provide support to students
00:51because they have the same goal.
00:54The revival of institutions and the democratization of society.
00:59I think that in general,
01:01the demands for the foreign parliamentary elections
01:04and the demands for the progressive government are the same.
01:08I think that the goal is to first act on SNS,
01:11and then after that, with a clear majority,
01:15we will go to a better society and better elections.
01:20The Socialist Party of Serbia has never been afraid of elections.
01:21As you know, we are not going to vote.
01:22We are not going to vote.
01:23We are going to vote.
01:24We are going to vote.
01:25We are going to vote.
01:26We are going to vote.
01:27We are going to vote.
01:28We are going to vote.
01:29We are going to vote.
01:30We are going to vote.
01:31We are going to vote.
01:32The Socialist Party of Serbia has never been afraid of elections.
01:33We are going to vote.
01:34As you know, we are not going to vote.
01:35We are going to vote.
01:36not through the polling stations, but through political dialogue.
01:56The vast majority of liberal opposition parties in Serbia
02:00supported the call of student protesters for snap elections.
02:05But whether or not they will happen is yet to be seen.
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