Serbia Politics

Serbia has a multi-party system in which there are so many parties that no one alone has a chance of gaining power and therefore they must work together to form coalition governments. Currently, Serbia has got 342 political parties. The National Assembly of Serbia has 250 elected representatives and is elected every 4 years.

Amongst others, Serbia’s main political parties include: Serbian Radical Party (SRS), Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS), Democratic Party (DS), Serbian Renewal Movement (SPO), New Serbia (NS) coalition (the only declared advocate of the monarchy) and G17 Plus (they fight for for economic reforms, a better quality of life, and membership of the European Union).

Executive power in Serbia lies with the government, legislative power with the government and the National Assembly and judicial power with the independent judiciary.

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