The Serbian Party Oathkeepers ( sr-cyrl, Српска странка Заветници, Srpska stranka Zavetnici, SSZ) is a far-right

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. The party's previous name was Serbian Movement Oathkeepers ( sr-cyrl, Српски сабор Заветници, Srpski sabor Zavetnici). The party defines itself as a

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and

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political party and it opposes membership to

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and

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. It participated in the 2020 Serbian parliamentary election.

History

They participated in the parliamentary election in 2014 under a coalition called "Patriotic Front" but the coalition only got 4,514 votes. They also participated in the parliamentary election that took in 2016 in which they got 27,690 votes. In October 2022, two MPs left the party and the SSZ parliamentary group due to their criticism of Đurđević Stamenkovski.

Political positions

Serbian Party Oathkeepers is positioned on the far-right on the political spectrum. It is an

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party, and it is staunchly

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. It has been described as

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, and it is also opposed to

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. SSZ opposes the European Union and NATO, and it supports establishing closer ties with

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. Together with the People's Party,

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, and

Dveri The Serbian Movement "Dveri" ( sr-Cyr, Српски покрет Двери, Srpski pokret Dveri), commonly just known as Dveri (), is a nationalist and right-wing populist political party in Serbia. It its currently led by Boško Obradović, ...

, it signed a joint declaration for the "reintegration of

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into the constitutional and legal order of Serbia" in October 2022.

Electoral performance

Parliamentary elections

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Presidential elections

Belgrade City Assembly elections

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References

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