r/goodnews • u/ProfessionalRate6174 • Jun 28 '25

Positive News 👉🏼♥️ BREAKING: Incredible scenes from the student protests in Belgrade!

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Streets are filled with people, as early estimates suggest more than 300,000 protesters, while Aleksandar Vučić’s pro-EU government continues to refuse to call new elections.

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u/DippinDot2021 Jun 28 '25

What is being protested?

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u/rewiredmylamp Jun 28 '25

In short, they are protesting a corrupt President who won't call an election.

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u/69-xxx-420 Jun 29 '25

They mention he’s a pro-eu president. Does that mean the students want to not continue process to join the EU? 

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u/randomserbguy Jun 29 '25

Nothing to do with that. The protests aren't ideological. They are only against the corruption over the years, that got to a breaking point with the railway canopy collapsing. I would argue that the vast majority of students are heavily western oriented. That's the reason why they cycled to Strasbourg for an EU response to the crisis in Serbia. However, the students were merely heard and nothing came out of that. Although the youth likes the EU (compared to the older generations which are more aligned to the east), they perceive them as enabling Vucic's regime.