Serbian opposition parties must step up to end Vučić’s regime

Serbia’s unprecedented protests against Aleksandar Vučić’s regime are unlikely to lead to real change unless the opposition rises to the occasion, argues Filip Milacic on LSE's EUROPP blog. To defeat Vučić in the election, the Serbian opposition must present the struggle for democracy and the rule of law as a struggle for the Serbian nation. It needs to develop its own emotionally compelling, patriotic counter-narrative capable of addressing the root of democratic backsliding – the Kosovo issue - while also encompassing the social cleavage between autocracy and democracy. Read it here.