What European students can learn from their Serbian peers

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According to reporting by Al Jazeera International, The Serbian student mobilisation chose a political strategy that ensured its success where others had failed.

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The Serbian student mobilisation chose a political strategy that ensured its success where others had failed.

While Europe was asleep over the past two years, Serbia was wide awake. A nationwide student movement shook the foundations of a deeply entrenched government and on Sunday, it dealt it an unprecedented electoral blow – something opposition parties had failed to do for more than a decade.

Until the election results came out, the Serbian student movement was largely ignored by international media. The students were seen as naive, irrelevant, disaffected youth.

That they were underestimated by the world and by President Aleksandar Vucic was perhaps to their advantage. But Serbian students did not just rely on their opponent’s overconfidence. For almost two years, they built and practised an alternative model of politics that soon became visible and eventually triumphed at the polls.

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Information in this article was compiled directly from records provided by Al Jazeera International. Access the primary source document at: https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/10/29/what-european-students-can-learn-from-their-serbian-peers?traffic_source=rss. Reporting and editorial review conducted by the USA NOW News Desk.