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Aleksandar Vučić – Serbia Must Not Stop (, AV–SNSDS), commonly shortened to just Serbia Must Not Stop, is a
parliamentary group A parliamentary group, parliamentary caucus or political group is a group consisting of members of different political party, political parties or independent politicians with similar ideologies. Some parliamentary systems allow smaller politic ...
in the
National Assembly of Serbia The National Assembly ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Народна скупштина, Narodna skupština, ), fully the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia (), is the unicameral legislature of Serbia. The assembly is composed of 250 deputies who are ...
, led by the
Serbian Progressive Party The Serbian Progressive Party (, SNS) is a major populist, catch-all party, catch-all List of political parties in Serbia, political party in Serbia. It has been the Ruling party, ruling party since 2012. Miloš Vučević, the former prime mi ...
. SNS gained its parliamentary status following the formation of "Forward, Serbia" parliamentary group in September 2008, and a month later it was renamed to "Serbian Progressive Party", following the registration of the party. It had cooperated with the
Democratic Party of Serbia The New Democratic Party of Serbia (, , abbr. NDSS), known as the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) until 2022, is a national-conservative political party in Serbia. Miloš Jovanović serves as the current president of NDSS. DSS was formed as ...
(DSS) and New Serbia (NS) from its formation until 2010, when SNS formed a coalition with NS, and two other parties, the
Movement of Socialists The Movement of Socialists (, abbr. PS) is a Left-wing nationalism, left-wing nationalist List of political parties in Serbia, political party in Serbia. It was founded in 2008 by Aleksandar Vulin, who served as the party's president until 2022 ...
(PS) and Strength of Serbia Movement (PSS). The coalition was formalised for the 2012 parliamentary election under the "Let's Get Serbia Moving" banner, in which it won 73 seats, and formed a government with the
Socialist Party of Serbia The Socialist Party of Serbia (, abbr. SPS) is a populist political party in Serbia. Ivica Dačić has led SPS as its president since 2006. SPS was founded in 1990 as a merger of the League of Communists of Serbia and Socialist Alliance ...
(SPS) and
United Regions of Serbia The United Regions of Serbia (; abbr. УРС, URS) was a Regionalism (politics), regionalist, Liberal conservatism, liberal-conservative political party in Serbia. It was founded on 16 May 2010 as a political coalition, and became a unified poli ...
(URS). Tomislav Nikolić, then
president of Serbia The president of Serbia (), officially styled as President of the Republic (), is the head of state of Serbia. The current officeholder is Aleksandar Vučić, who was elected in 2017 and has held the role since 31 May 2017. According to the C ...
, called snap parliamentary elections to be held in March 2014. SNS formed the "Future We Believe In" list, in which the
Serbian Renewal Movement The Serbian Renewal Movement (, abbr. SPO) is a liberal and monarchist political party in Serbia. It was founded in 1990 by writer Vuk Drašković, who served as the party's president until 2024. Aleksandar Cvetković is the incumbent leader. ...
(SPO) and Christian Democratic Party of Serbia (DHSS) also participated, and the list won 158 seats in total. After the election,
Aleksandar Vučić Aleksandar Vučić, (born 5 March 1970) is a Serbian politician serving as President of Serbia since 2017. A founding member of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), he previously served as President of the SNS from 2012 to 2023, Deputy Prim ...
, president of SNS, was appointed
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, succeeding
Ivica Dačić Ivica Dačić ( sr-cyrl, Ивица Дачић, ; born 1 January 1966) is a Serbian politician serving as deputy prime minister of Serbia since 2022 and minister of internal affairs since 2024. He has been the leader of the Socialist Party of ...
. Vučić called snap elections in early 2016, and after which, the Party of United Pensioners of Serbia (PUPS) and Serbian People's Party (SNP) joined. It participated under the "Serbia is Winning" banner, which won 131 seats in the National Assembly. The "For Our Children" coalition, participated in the 2020 parliamentary election, in which it won a
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of seats, and the
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lasted until February 2022. The SNS-led coalition participated in the 2022 general election under the "Together We Can Do Everything" banner. The coalition has also ruled
Belgrade Belgrade is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. T ...
since 2014, and
Vojvodina Vojvodina ( ; sr-Cyrl, Војводина, ), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an Autonomous administrative division, autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia, located in Central Europe. It lies withi ...
since 2016, while the presidency is currently occupied by Vučić.


History


Foundation and early history

The
Serbian Progressive Party The Serbian Progressive Party (, SNS) is a major populist, catch-all party, catch-all List of political parties in Serbia, political party in Serbia. It has been the Ruling party, ruling party since 2012. Miloš Vučević, the former prime mi ...
(SNS) gained its parliamentary group status as a faction inside the
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Serbian Radical Party (SRS) in September 2008, and a month later, SNS was officially formalised as a party, initially holding 21 MPs. During the foundation of SNS, the party had expressed its support towards the creation of a
conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy and ideology that seeks to promote and preserve traditional institutions, customs, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civiliza ...
political coalition, in which the
Democratic Party of Serbia The New Democratic Party of Serbia (, , abbr. NDSS), known as the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) until 2022, is a national-conservative political party in Serbia. Miloš Jovanović serves as the current president of NDSS. DSS was formed as ...
(DSS) and New Serbia (NS) would take part. This idea was later realised by SNS, although on local level, after the 2009 local elections in
Zemun Zemun ( sr-cyrl, Земун, ; ) is a Subdivisions of Belgrade, municipality in the city of Belgrade, Serbia. Zemun was a separate town that was absorbed into Belgrade in 1934. It lies on the right bank of the Danube river, upstream from downtown ...
, and later that year in
Voždovac Voždovac ( sr-Cyrl, Вождовац, ) is a Subdivisions of Belgrade, municipality of the city of Belgrade. According to the 2022 census results, the municipality has a population of 174,864 inhabitants. The municipality is located in the south ...
. A year later, Tomislav Nikolić stated that their cooperation would be extended. DSS rejected the formation of a coalition for the upcoming elections, which led to the signing of the cooperation agreement in November 2010 between SNS, NS, and two other parties, the
Movement of Socialists The Movement of Socialists (, abbr. PS) is a Left-wing nationalism, left-wing nationalist List of political parties in Serbia, political party in Serbia. It was founded in 2008 by Aleksandar Vulin, who served as the party's president until 2022 ...
(PS) and Strength of Serbia Movement (PSS). Its first meeting was held in February 2011, after which they began organising mass protests across
Belgrade Belgrade is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. T ...
. During the protests, Nikolić demanded for the elections to be called earlier. The protests continued until April 2011. The coalition was formalised in March 2012, under the name "Let's Get Serbia Moving" (), which also included Bosniak People's Party (BNS), Democratic Party of Macedonians (DPM), People's Peasant Party (NSS), Roma Party (RP), and minor organisations. It was also the name for one of their slogans during the 2012 elections, and the name of their ballot list for the 2012 parliamentary election. The coalition stated some of their main goals to be the improvement of the economy, and fighting against crime and corruption, while its representative, Nikolić, was described as a
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. Despite predictions of a victory for
Boris Tadić Boris Tadić, (born 15 January 1958) is a Serbian politician who served as the president of Serbia from 2004 to 2012. Born in Sarajevo, he graduated from the University of Belgrade with a degree in psychology. He later worked as a journalist ...
, Nikolić ended up winning the
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, while in the parliamentary election, the "Let's Get Serbia Moving" ballot list won 73 seats in the
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. It did not manage to place first in the Vojvodina election, where it only won 22 seats. Shortly after the election, Nikolić stepped down as president of SNS, and
Aleksandar Vučić Aleksandar Vučić, (born 5 March 1970) is a Serbian politician serving as President of Serbia since 2017. A founding member of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), he previously served as President of the SNS from 2012 to 2023, Deputy Prim ...
was appointed president. Nikolić offered a mandate to
Ivica Dačić Ivica Dačić ( sr-cyrl, Ивица Дачић, ; born 1 January 1966) is a Serbian politician serving as deputy prime minister of Serbia since 2022 and minister of internal affairs since 2024. He has been the leader of the Socialist Party of ...
, the leader of the
Socialist Party of Serbia The Socialist Party of Serbia (, abbr. SPS) is a populist political party in Serbia. Ivica Dačić has led SPS as its president since 2006. SPS was founded in 1990 as a merger of the League of Communists of Serbia and Socialist Alliance ...
(SPS) who has previously been a part of the Democratic Party-led (DS) government, to form a government with SNS and the
United Regions of Serbia The United Regions of Serbia (; abbr. УРС, URS) was a Regionalism (politics), regionalist, Liberal conservatism, liberal-conservative political party in Serbia. It was founded on 16 May 2010 as a political coalition, and became a unified poli ...
(URS). Dačić shortly after began the formation, which was finalised in July 2012. Veroljub Arsić was appointed head of SNS
parliamentary group A parliamentary group, parliamentary caucus or political group is a group consisting of members of different political party, political parties or independent politicians with similar ideologies. Some parliamentary systems allow smaller politic ...
, while Zoran Babić served as deputy head until August 2013, when they switched places. The coalition was extended in late 2013, when the
Serbian Renewal Movement The Serbian Renewal Movement (, abbr. SPO) is a liberal and monarchist political party in Serbia. It was founded in 1990 by writer Vuk Drašković, who served as the party's president until 2024. Aleksandar Cvetković is the incumbent leader. ...
(SPO) signed a cooperation agreement with SNS, after previously cutting ties with DS couple months earlier. During the 2012–2014 convocation, SPO was a part of a parliamentary group with the Christian Democratic Party of Serbia (DHSS).


2014 elections

The SNS–SPS government, led by Dačić, was re-shuffled in July 2013 due to disagreements between the governing parties. Dačić also threatened SNS that, his party would leave the government if SNS does not accept the re-shuffle, which also speculated that snap elections might be called earlier. While Dačić's government lasted, Vučić's popularity significantly grew up, and in January 2014, Vučić suggested to call snap parliamentary elections, which was accepted by Dačić's party, and president Nikolić then called the
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to be held in March 2014. This time, the SNS-led coalition participated under the "Future We Believe In" () banner, with Vučić as its candidate for prime minister. The ballot list also included SPO, DHSS, and
Social Democratic Party of Serbia The Social Democratic Party of Serbia (, abbr. SDPS) is a centre-left political party in Serbia. Orientated towards the principles of social democracy, it has been led by Rasim Ljajić since its formation in 2009. History The Social Democr ...
(SDPS), who did not appear on the SNS ballot list in 2012. The coalition won 158 seats in the total, surpassing the number of seats needed for a majority. City Assembly elections were also held in Belgrade, where it also won a majority of seats. Shortly after the election, SNS and SPS had decided to continue their cooperation, and Vučić was appointed as prime minister in April 2014. While in Belgrade, Siniša Mali, an independent nominated by SNS, was chosen as mayor. The Serbian Progressive Party parliamentary group between 2014 and 2016 was composed of SNS, PSS, and NSS representatives.


2016 elections

In January 2016, Vučić suggested to call snap elections, claiming that "Serbia needs more stability in order to join the
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". Shortly after, the Party of United Pensioners of Serbia (PUPS), who was a member of the SPS-led coalition, joined the SNS-led coalition, including the Serbian People's Party (SNP) and Independent Democratic Party of Serbia (SDSS). This time, the SNS-led coalition ran under the "Serbia is Winning" () banner, and Vučić was again chosen as its ballot representative. DHSS and BNS did not appear on the ballot list, although the minor Serb Democratic Party (SDS) participated with the SNS-led coalition in Vojvodina. On national level, the "Serbia is Winning" coalition won 131 seats, while in the Vojvodina election, it placed first, winning 63 seats in total. Vučić continued his mandate, and SNS extended its cooperation with SPS. The Serbian Progressive Party parliamentary group between 2016 and 2020 was composed of SNS, SPO, SNP, and PSS representatives. Aleksandar Martinović succeeded Babić as head of the parliamentary group following the election. In early 2017, Velimir Ilić, the leader of NS, announced that his party left the SNS-led coalition. Vučić was elected president in the April 2017 election, and he then appointed Ana Brnabić to replace him as prime minister.


2018–2020 elections

The SNS-led coalition also participated in the 2018 Belgrade City Assembly election, this time under the "Because we love Belgrade" () banner. SNS nominated
Zoran Radojičić Zoran Radojičić ( sr-cyr, Зоран Радојичић; born 24 October 1963) is a Serbian pediatric surgeon and politician who served as the mayor of Belgrade from 2018 to 2022. Biography Early life and education He was born on 24 Octo ...
as their mayoral candidate. The "Because we love Belgrade" ballot list won 64 seats, and in June 2018, Radojičić was sworn in as mayor, while Goran Vesić was sworn in as deputy mayor. For the 2020 parliamentary election, the SNS-led coalition participated under the "For Our Children" () banner, with Branislav Nedimović appearing first on the ballot. The
United Peasant Party The United Peasant Party (, abbr. USS) is an agrarian political party in Serbia. Its primary area of strength is in the municipality of Svrljig. It is affiliated with the European People's Party in the Congress of Local and Regional Authorit ...
(USS), led by Milija Miletić, participated on the "For Our Children" ballot list. The "For Our Children" list won a
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of seats, 188 in total, while in the Vojvodina election, it won 76 seats. Following the election, the parliamentary group changed its name from "Serbian Progressive Party" to "For Our Children", and between 2020 and 2022 it was composed of SNS, SPO, SNP, PSS, PS, and NSS representatives. In May 2021, the Serbian Patriotic Alliance (SPAS) merged into SNS, and its 10 MPs joined the "For Our Children" parliamentary group in early June.


2022 elections

In February 2022, Brnabić formally announced that Vučić will be the ballot head representative for the
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, while Danica Grujičić will appear first on the ballot. Its mayoral candidate for the Belgrade City Assembly will be
Aleksandar Šapić Aleksandar Šapić ( sr-cyrl, Александар Шапић; born 1 June 1978) is a Serbian politician and former professional water polo player who has been the mayor of Belgrade since 2024, previously serving that role from 2022 to 2023. A ...
, who presided over SPAS during its existence. It was also announced that the SNS-led coalition would participate under the "Together We Can Do Everything" () banner. Shortly after,
Better Serbia Better Serbia ( sr-cyr, Боља Србија, Bolja Srbija, BS) was a national-conservative political party in Serbia. Its leader was Dragan Jovanović, a former member of New Serbia. It was the main governing party in the municipality of To ...
(BS) joined the SNS-led coalition. They submitted their ballot list on 16 February, and it was confirmed by RIK a day later. Vučić won 58% of the popular vote in the first round of the presidential election, while the Together We Can Do Everything coalition lost 68 seats in comparison with the 2020 parliamentary election.


2023 elections

For the 2023 Serbian parliamentary election, the SNS-led coalition will take part under the "Serbia Must Not Stop" banner. Its electoral list also features candidates from
Healthy Serbia Healthy Serbia (, abbr. ZS) is a right-wing political party in Serbia. It was founded in 2017 by Milan Stamatović, the long-time mayor of Čajetina. History After leaving the Democratic Party of Serbia and further disagreements with the Pr ...
, Radoslav Milojičić from Serbian Left,
Dejan Bulatović Dejan Bulatović ( sr-Cyrl, Дејан Булатовић; born 8 February 1975) is a Serbian politician who has been a member of the National Assembly since 2022. He received international attention during the 1996–1997 protests in Serbia ...
from Alliance of Social Democrats, and Tatjana Macura formerly of Party of Modern Serbia.


List of presidents of the parliamentary group


Members

The following table includes political parties that participated on the "Serbia Must Not Stop" ballot list in the 2023 Serbian parliamentary election. Despite taking part on the SNS electoral list, SDPS and PUPS have always had their separate parliamentary groups since 2014.


Former members


Electoral performance


Parliamentary elections

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Provincial elections


Belgrade City Assembly elections


Presidential elections


References

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