Together (Serbia): Difference between revisions
! [[2023 Serbian parliamentary election|2023]]
! [[2023 Serbian parliamentary election|2023]]
| [[Nebojša Zelenović]]
| [[Nebojša Zelenović]]
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| 24.32%
| {{increase}} 2nd
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| {{decrease}} 5
| [[Serbia Against Violence (coalition)|SPN]]
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Political party in Serbia
Together (Serbian Cyrillic: Заједно, romanized: Zajedno) is a green political party in Serbia. Biljana Stojković and Nebojša Zelenović serve as its co-presidents.
The party was formed in June 2022 as a merger of Together for Serbia, Ecological Uprising, and Assembly of Free Serbia, which were member parties of the We Must electoral alliance that took part in the April 2022 general elections. Since its inception, it has organised the mass anti-government protests which were held between May and November 2023. Aleksandar Jovanović Ćuta, one of the original co-presidents, left Together with other Ecological Uprising members due to internal disagreements in September 2023. Despite the Serbia Against Violence coalition winning 65 seats in the National Assembly in the 2023 election, Together did not win any and thus lost parliamentary representation.
Together serves in opposition to the Serbian Progressive Party. A left-wing party, Together has declared its support for workers rights, social justice, environmental protection, and direct democracy. It supports the accession of Serbia to the European Union and sanctioning Russia due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Since its inception, Together has cooperated with the European Greens, including its members and affiliates, while Solidarity, which became part of Together in January 2023, is partnered with the Party of the European Left.
History[edit]
Formation[edit]
We Must (Moramo) was an electoral alliance that participated in the April 2022 general elections and won 13 seats in the National Assembly of Serbia and 13 seats in the City Assembly of Belgrade.[1] Its members were Do not let Belgrade drown (NDB), Together for Serbia (ZZS), and Ecological Uprising (EU).[1] After the elections, Nebojša Zelenović and Aleksandar Jovanović Ćuta, who led ZZS and EU respectively, announced the creation of a joint political party, which would also include the Assembly of Free Serbia of Biljana Stojković.[2] They first signed a cooperation agreement on 1 June 2022.[3]
Ćuta said that they would continue cooperating with NDB but that they would form separate parliamentary groups in the National Assembly.[2][3] Zelenović announced that the party would be led by three co-presidents and that its members of the City Assembly of Belgrade would also have influence on how the party would work.[4] Its founding assembly was held on 11 June 2022, at which its members and co-presidents announced their political ambitions and the name of the party, Together (Zajedno).[5]
2022–present[edit]
After Together’s establishment, Zelenović announced that it would begin a “green campaign” (zelena kampanja) somewhere during June.[6] The campaign, named “Green Wave” (zeleni talas), began on 23 June 2022.[7] A week later, Together organised a meeting at which it invited former members of the Moramo and United for the Victory of Serbia (UZPS) electoral alliances.[8] Zdravko Ponoš, who was the presidential candidate of the UZPS alliance, Party of Freedom and Justice, and Movement of Free Citizens eventually participated in the meeting, at which they discussed about establishing closer parliamentary connections.[8][9] In July, Together stated its support for an environmental protest that was organised in Novi Sad.[10] The protest turned violent when an unnamed group of people beat demonstrators with batons;[11] Together condemned the violence.[12]
Along with NDB and People’s Party, Together co-nominated Zoran Lutovac of the Democratic Party (DS) for the post of the vice-president of the National Assembly; Lutovac was elected during its first session, on 2 August.[13][14] A month later, its offices in Novi Sad were attacked by an unknown man;[15] a group of masked men attacked members of Together at Petrovaradin in April 2023.[16] In December 2022, Together announced that it would organise an internal election to elect its ballot representative for a potential snap election, and ultimately the candidate for the position of mayor of Belgrade, to be held from 27 February to 4 March 2023.[17][18] Together also demanded early elections for the City Assembly to be held in Belgrade.[19] In total, seven candidates registered themselves; Đorđe Miketić, a member of the National Assembly, won the competition.[20]
Together signed an agreement with Solidarity in…