Movement of Socialists

The Movement of Socialists (Serbian: Покрет социјалиста, romanized: Pokret socijalista, PS) is a political party in Serbia. It is led by Aleksandar Vulin.

Movement of Socialists
Покрет социјалиста
Pokret socijalista
AbbreviationPS
LeaderAleksandar Vulin
Founded7 August 2008 (2008-08-07)
Split fromSocialist Party of Serbia
HeadquartersBelgrade[1]
Ideology
National affiliationTogether We Can Do Everything
Colors
  •   Red
  •   Yellow
National Assembly
2 / 250
Cabinet of Serbia
1 / 23
Assembly of Vojvodina
3 / 120
City Assembly of Belgrade
0 / 110
Party flag
Website
pokretsocijalista.rs

History

Founded in 2008, it is led by Aleksandar Vulin, a former member of Yugoslav Left. It is a part of the governing coalition with the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS). It is formed by former members of the Socialist Party of Serbia because they disagreed with the pro-European policy of the party; however, it was a member of the pro-European SNS-led coalitions in the 2012 (as part of Let's Get Serbia Moving alliance) and in the 2014 Serbian parliamentary elections.

Ideology

It is a self-described "leftist" political party,[2] and has been identified to be a part of the leftist camp in Serbian politics.[3] The party maintains a social-democratic ideology,[4] although it is also supportive of social conservatism.[5] It has been also described as left-wing nationalist.[6][7] Its foreign views are orientated towards euroscepticism,[8] and have been accused of being anti-Western.[9]

It was created as a party vehicle for Aleksandar Vulin,[10] who has been described as a nationalist,[11][12] and has expressed irredentist views.[13][14] It has been also described as a satellite party of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party.[15]

Presidents
# President Born–died Term start Term end
1 Aleksandar Vulin 1972– 7 August 2008 Incumbent

Electoral performance

Parliamentary elections
Year Popular vote  % of popular vote # of seats Seat change Coalition Status
2012 Aleksandar Vulin 940,659 24.05%
1 / 250
 1 SNS coalition government
2014 1,736,920 48.35%
3 / 250
 2 SNS coalition government
2016 1,823,147 48.25%
3 / 250
 SNS coalition government
2020 1,953,998 60.65%
3 / 250
 SNS coalition government
2022 1,635,101 44.27%
2 / 250
 1 SNS coalition TBA

Presidential elections
Year Candidate 1st round popular vote  % of popular vote 2nd round popular vote  % of popular vote Notes
2012 Tomislav Nikolić 2nd 979,216 25.05% 1st 1,552,063 49.54% Support
2017 Aleksandar Vučić 1st 2,012,788 55.06% N/A — — Support
2022 1st 2,224,555 60.01% N/A — — Support

References
  1. "O nama". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  2. "Vulin pozvao SNS da kandiduje Vučića za predsednika Srbije". Radio Television of Serbia (in Serbian). 22 December 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  3. Petsinis, Vassilis (28 June 2017). "Enter Serbia's 'Orbán'? Aleksandar Vučić and his catch-all politics". openDemocracy. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  4. "Serbian Social Democracy in Transition: A View from the Periphery". EuroCité — le think tank européen progressiste. 19 February 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  5. ILGA-Europe (2016). Annual Review of the Human Rights Situation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex People in Europe 2016. Brussels: ILGA-Europe. p. 148. ISBN 978-92-95066-11-3. OCLC 1055415674.
  6. Styczyńska, Natasza; Dajč, Haris (27 January 2022), "Between the past and the future", The Right-Wing Critique of Europe (1 ed.), London: Routledge, pp. 146–159, doi:10.4324/9781003226123-14, ISBN 978-1-003-22612-3, retrieved 5 February 2022
  7. Alvarado, Jose (11 January 2019). "Assessing Serbian enthusiasm for EU membership". Europe Elects. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  8. "Vulin: Razmisliti o promeni politike". Danas (in Serbian). 21 May 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  9. "Aleksandar Vulin: Znam da je razgraničenje dobro čim se Zapad protivi". NOVOSTI (in Serbian). 5 September 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  10. Dedeić, Siniša (12 July 2021). "Vulinova stranka „borbene levice" i „razočaranih socijalista"". Istinomer (in Serbian). Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  11. "Zašto su Albanci za Vulina 'Šiptari'?". Radio Slobodna Evropa (in Serbo-Croatian). 2 May 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  12. "Ko je psihopata koji širi mržnju i strah: Vulin nekada bio zakleti ateista i revolucionar, danas veliki pravoslavac i nacionalista". Aktuelno (in Bosnian). 25 July 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  13. "Vulin: Nacionalno pitanje rešiti ujedinjenjem Srba u jednoj državi". N1 (in Serbian). 18 April 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  14. "Vulin: "Srpski svet" jedan državni prostor, ostvarićemo ga bez ispaljenog metka". N1 (in Serbian). 18 July 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  15. Panović, Zoran (3 October 2021). "Vučić i nacionalna levica". Danas (in Serbian). Retrieved 5 February 2022.
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