How students toppled Serbia's longtime leader Vučić
In Serbia's election, record numbers of voters backed a list put forward by student activists, ending Aleksandar Vučić's 12-year rule. The leaderless movement must now work out how to choose a prime minister and run the country.
Voters in Serbia turned out in record numbers on Sunday and backed the "Student List", ending the 12-year rule of Aleksandar Vučić. The list was put forward by student activists whose protests have shaken the Balkan country for the past two years. The result has upended Serbia's political landscape.
Who is on the Student List
About half of the candidates on the list hold PhDs. They defeated a government that The Guardian describes as increasingly authoritarian. After two years of street protests, the student movement has turned public support into an election victory.
A podcast on how it happened
In a Guardian podcast, journalist Helen Pidd talks to Serbian-American journalist Ana Milosavljevic, student activist Tara Blagojević and Milica Jovanović, who is set to become an MP. They discuss how the Student List managed to defeat the system run by Vučić.
The hard part begins
With victory secured, the most difficult stage is only starting. The movement has no official leader, so it must decide how to choose a prime minister and how to run the country in practice. The source leaves those questions open and gives no answers yet.
