The Movement of Socialists ( sr, Покрет социјалиста, Pokret socijalista, PS) is a

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. It was founded in 2008 by

Aleksandar Vulin Aleksandar Vulin ( sr-cyr, Александар Вулин; born 2 October 1972) is a Serbian politician and lawyer serving as the director of the Security Intelligence Agency (BIA) since 1 December 2022. Additionally, he previously served as d ...

, who served as the party's president until 2022, when he was succeeded by

Bojan Torbica Bojan Torbica ( sr-cyr, Бојан Торбица; born 25 July 1974) is a Serbian politician who is the president of the Movement of Socialists. He has served in the National Assembly of Serbia since 2016. Early life and career Torbica was born i ...

History

It was founded in 2008 by

, a former high-ranking member of

Yugoslav Left The Yugoslav Left ( sr, Југословенска Левица, Jugoslovenska Levica; abbr. ЈУЛ, JUL) was a far-left political party in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. At its peak, the party had 20 seats in Republic of Serbia's National A ...

. It is a part of the governing coalition with the

Serbian Progressive Party The Serbian Progressive Party ( sr-cyrl, Српска напредна странка, Srpska napredna stranka, SNS) has been the ruling political party of Serbia since 2012. Founded by Tomislav Nikolić and Aleksandar Vučić in 2008 as a s ...

(SNS). It was formed by former members of the

Socialist Party of Serbia The Socialist Party of Serbia ( sr, Социјалистичка партија Србије, Socijalistička partija Srbije, SPS) is a political party in Serbia. It is led by Ivica Dačić. It was founded in 1990 as the direct successor to t ...

because they disagreed with the

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policy of the party; however, it was a member of the pro-European SNS-led coalitions in the

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(as part of

Let's Get Serbia Moving Aleksandar Vučić – Together We Can Do Everything ( sr-cyrl, Александар Вучић – Заједно можемо све, Aleksandar Vučić – Zajedno možemo sve, AV–ZMS), commonly shortened to just Together We Can Do Everythi ...

alliance) and in the

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Serbian parliamentary elections. In December 2022, Vulin resigned as the leader of PS after being appointed as the director of the

Security Intelligence Agency The Security Intelligence Agency ('' sr, Безбедносно-информативна агенција / Bezbednosno-informativna agencija''; abbr. ''BIA'') is a national intelligence agency of Serbia. The agency is responsible for collecting, r ...

Political positions

It is a self-described "leftist" political party, and has been identified to be a part of the leftist camp in Serbian politics. The party maintains a

social-democratic Social democracy is a Political philosophy, political, Social philosophy, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports Democracy, political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocati ...

ideology, although it is also supportive of

social conservatism Social conservatism is a political philosophy and variety of conservatism which places emphasis on traditional power structures over social pluralism. Social conservatives organize in favor of duty, traditional values and social institutio ...

. It has been also described as

left-wing nationalist Left-wing nationalism or leftist nationalism, also known as social nationalism, is a form of nationalism based upon national self-determination, popular sovereignty, national self-interest, and left-wing political positions such as social equali ...

. Its foreign views are orientated towards

Euroscepticism Euroscepticism, also spelled as Euroskepticism or EU-scepticism, is a political position involving criticism of the European Union (EU) and European integration. It ranges from those who oppose some EU institutions and policies, and seek reform ...

, and have been accused of being anti-Western-orientated. PS is supportive of further cooperation with China and Russia. It was created as a party vehicle for Vulin, who has been described as a

nationalist Nationalism is an idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state. As a movement, nationalism tends to promote the interests of a particular nation (as in a group of people), Smith, Anthony. ''Nationalism: The ...

, and has expressed

irredentist Irredentism is usually understood as a desire that one state annexes a territory of a neighboring state. This desire is motivated by ethnic reasons (because the population of the territory is ethnically similar to the population of the parent sta ...

views. It has been also described as a

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of the ruling

Presidents

Electoral performance

Parliamentary elections

Presidential elections

External links

Official website
(in Serbian)

References

2008 establishments in Serbia Anti-Western sentiment Eurosceptic parties in Serbia Left-wing nationalist parties Political parties established in 2008 Social democratic parties in Serbia Social conservative parties Syncretic political movements {{Serbia-party-stub