Serbian students have just brought down the government - but who’s actually running the country now?
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The Student List is on course for a clear majority in Serbia’s parliament.
Two years ago, the Gen Z-led movement didn’t even exist but it has now torn up more than a decade of political dominance.
Aleksandar Vucic conceded defeat - ending his 14-year grip on power - before the final results have even been confirmed.
None of the students actually stood as candidates in the election - and the movement doesn’t have a recognised leader.
In this episode of the breakdown, we look at how a youth movement that started as a democratic experiment managed to achieve very real success, and why other countries and Gen Z protesters will be watching all of this very closely.
We also speak to Bojana Zoric, a policy analyst who specialises in the Western Balkans region, and ask if the Student List’s leaderless structure, which helped it win power, could now actually hold the party back.
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