Socialist Party of Serbia

The party was formed on July 16, 1990 as a result of the merger of the Union of Communists of Serbia with several socialist movements. Its first leader was the President of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milosevic . ^[one]

In the 90s, the party was ruling in Serbia and Montenegro . In the 1990 elections , the party received more than half of the vote; in the subsequent elections in 1992, 1993 and 1997, it also received a majority of the votes.

After the Bulldozer Revolution, the socialists went over to the opposition. In 2001, the party was beheaded due to the extradition of Slobodan Milosevic to The Hague . In 2003-2007, the party rating constantly fluctuated at the level of 5-6%.

In the 2008 election, the party received 7.6% of the vote, which made it possible to count on the creation of an anti-presidential government of radicals, democrats Vojislav Kostunica and socialists. However, contrary to all expectations, the nationalist Socialist Party formed a coalition with the pro-European Tadic Democratic Party and its allies, which are opposite in ideology and traditions. This led to a lot of speculation and rumors that the Democrats could pay the Socialists several million dinars to create a coalition to maintain power, since after the elections the possibility of forming an anti-Western coalition in the government was closer than ever in an independent Serbia, which would mean a radical change in Serbia’s foreign policy, including in relation to EU accession .

Until 2006, it maintained close ties with the "Yugoslav Left" - an association of 23 communist and post-communist groups of the former Yugoslavia, headed by Milosevic’s wife. Now he is seeking entry into the Socialist International , but this is opposed by the Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina and several other members of the Socialist International.

Since 2012, he has been a member of the coalition government of the Progressive Party of Serbia, the Socialist Party of Serbia, the G17 movement, the Retirement Party, and New Serbia.

• Party official website