Article 798AC Friday briefing: How a leaderless student group is challenging power in Serbia

Friday briefing: How a leaderless student group is challenging power in Serbia

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Libby Brooks
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In today's newsletter: Born from the fury surrounding the deadly Novi Sad station collapse, Serbia's Student List has taken its protests all the way to the elections in an unprecedented grassroots campaign

Good morning. As waves of youth-led protests swell across Europe, prompted by the cost of living, unaffordable housing and education standards, in Serbia the younger generation is taking on the apparatus of the state itself.

In tight-run parliamentary elections this Sunday, the country's most consequential political movement in decades, Student List, is challenging former Slobodan Miloevi henchman Aleksandar Vui and his 12-year domination of Serbian politics.

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