European Regions (Serbia) Explained

European Regions
Native Name:Европски региони
Evropski regioni
Native Name Lang:sr
Dissolved:25 October 2022
Chairperson:Aleksandar Olenik
Leader2 Title:Deputy Chairman
Leader2 Name:Enis Imamović
Seats1 Title:National Assembly
Country:Serbia

The European Regions (Serbian: Европски региони|Evropski regioni, ER) was a parliamentary group in the National Assembly of Serbia. The group was composed of the Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak (SDA S), Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina (DSHV), Party for Democratic Action (PVD), and Together for Vojvodina (ZZV).[1]

History

The parliamentary group was formed by deputies of national minority parties at the first session of the 13th National Assembly. Aleksandar Olenik from ZZV became the leader of the group, Enis Imamović from SDA S became the deputy.[2] On 23 October, it was announced that Tomislav Žigmanov, the leader of the Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina (DSHV), will be appointed minister of human and minority rights and social dialogue, with Žigmanov adding that the European Regions parliamentary group will be supportive of Aleksandar Vučić.[3] This led to Olenik's announcement that ZZV would terminate its coalition with DSHV, but it would remain in the parliamentary group.[4] Žigmanov resigned as a member of parliament on 25 October 2022, which led to the dissolution of the parliamentary group;[5] Žigmanov was replaced by Mirko Ostrogonac a day later.[6]

Composition

This table shows the parties whose deputies sat in this parliamentary group.[7]

NameLeaderMain ideologyPolitical positionMPs
Party of Democratic Action of Sandžak (SDA S)Sulejman UgljaninBosniak minority interestsRight-wing
Party for Democratic Action (PVD)Shaip KamberiAlbanian minority interestsCentre-right
Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina (DSHV)Tomislav ŽigmanovCroat minority interests
Together for Vojvodina (ZZV)Olena PapugaVojvodina autonomismCentre-left

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Janković . Marija . 2022-08-01 . Ko je ko u Skupštini Srbije . 2022-10-08 . BBC News . sr-latn.
  2. Web site: 2022-08-02 . U novom sazivu Skupštine Srbije 15 poslaničkih grupa . 2022-10-08 . Glas Srpske . sr.
  3. Web site: 2022-10-23 . Vučićev poziv rešio sve: Tomislav Žigmanov za Danas o kandidaturi za ministra . 2022-10-23 . Danas . sr-RS.
  4. Web site: 2022-10-23 . Aleksandar Olenik: Ulaskom Žigmanova u vladu, koalicija Vojvođani prestala da postoji . 2022-10-23 . Danas . sr-RS.
  5. Web site: 2022-10-25 . Poslanici kojima je prestao mandat: Žigmanov Tomislav . 2022-10-25 . National Assembly of Serbia . sr.
  6. Web site: 2022-10-26 . Nastavak posebne sednice Skupštine, poslanici raspravljaju o izboru nove Vlade . 2022-10-26 . Radio Television of Serbia . sr.
  7. Web site: Poslanička grupa Evropski Regioni - Vojvodina, Sandžak, Preševska dolina . 2022-10-08 . National Assembly of Serbia . sr.