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The Serbian Green Party are celebrating their electoral breakthrough, after getting their first seat in the Serbian parliament and making serious gains on local councils throughout the country.
The party was part of President Boris Tadiç's 'Choice for a Better Life' electoral list, along with the president's liberal Democratic party and other centrist, pro European parties. Although the list placed second in the election, they were only narrowly beaten by the 'Let's Get Serbia Moving' list, led by opposition Serbian Progressive Party. It now seems that Tadiç and his list will return to power in coalition with the Serbian Socialist Party, who also did well in the elections. The election marked the progress made in Serbia since the last one in 2009, where the issue of Serbia's relations with the European Union and Kosovo lead to a poisonous atmosphere. Now most of the main parties support Serbia's membership application, and the election focused more on the issues of the economy and unemployment.
The Greens party president Ivan Karić was the first green on the coalitions list and should soon be taking the Greens first seat in parliament. The Greens also won around 10 seats on local councils in the local elections held the same day. In the presidential election held the same day, the Greens were supporting Tadiç's reelection bid and were pleased with his first place result; the election will now run into a two person second round.
The Serbian Greens summed the result up perfectly: "All Greens have one goal - a better future for us and our children. This is a big step for Serbia".
The party was part of President Boris Tadiç's 'Choice for a Better Life' electoral list, along with the president's liberal Democratic party and other centrist, pro European parties. Although the list placed second in the election, they were only narrowly beaten by the 'Let's Get Serbia Moving' list, led by opposition Serbian Progressive Party. It now seems that Tadiç and his list will return to power in coalition with the Serbian Socialist Party, who also did well in the elections. The election marked the progress made in Serbia since the last one in 2009, where the issue of Serbia's relations with the European Union and Kosovo lead to a poisonous atmosphere. Now most of the main parties support Serbia's membership application, and the election focused more on the issues of the economy and unemployment.
The Greens party president Ivan Karić was the first green on the coalitions list and should soon be taking the Greens first seat in parliament. The Greens also won around 10 seats on local councils in the local elections held the same day. In the presidential election held the same day, the Greens were supporting Tadiç's reelection bid and were pleased with his first place result; the election will now run into a two person second round.
The Serbian Greens summed the result up perfectly: "All Greens have one goal - a better future for us and our children. This is a big step for Serbia".
