Monday, 17 August 2026Europe · Analysis
Independent · Brussels & Berlin
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President of Serbia, Serbian Progressive Party
Brussels drafts incentives after Belgrade scales back contested judicial laws, but the Serbian president's surprise resignation announcement complicates the timing of any new cluster opening.
A seventh parliamentary election since independence tests whether the country can form a government and unlock €6 billion in EU growth funding.
EU foreign policy chief names Montenegro and Albania as frontrunners while warning of democratic backsliding in Georgia and Serbia; Hungarian veto blocks Ukraine and Moldova talks
Prime Minister Miloš Vučević's cabinet formally steps down after weeks of mass protests over a deadly train station collapse, while President Aleksandar Vučić sets a 30-day deadline to form a new government or face a snap vote.
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