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Serbia's student victors put reform before EU talks, professor says

Euronews asks who will govern after the student-led victory, with Bojan Vranić explaining why the campaign did not revolve around a single leader.

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Serbia’s students change the political game, says political expert

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0:15Vranić says decentralized campaigning challenged both the ruling establishment and the existing parliamentary opposition.
1:51A prime minister is not yet identifiable; campaign figures served as shields against media pressure.
2:44He describes a platform of improvements without sudden radical changes, appealing to voters who value continuity.
3:52Internal reform comes before EU negotiations, with no immediate integration breakthrough expected.
4:33The coalition's diverse factions make major foreign-policy shifts toward Russia, China and Kosovo unlikely, Vranić says.

The public faces of Serbia's student campaign served as shields against media pressure, not necessarily as prime ministers in waiting. That is how University of Belgrade political science professor Bojan Vranić explains the movement's leadership approach in an interview with Euronews' Europe Today.

The presenter's question is practical: with the student list projected to hold a parliamentary majority, who will actually run the government? Vranić says it is too early to name a prime minister. He describes a decentralized campaign whose victory challenged not only the ruling establishment but also the existing parliamentary opposition.

The interview drew nearly 74,000 views in its first 20 hours, far beyond the channel's usual first-day audience for regular videos. Its substance moves quickly from how the students won to what they intend to change.

Vranić argues that the newcomers are prepared to govern, but that their platform offers improvements rather than an abrupt break with everything that came before. He connects that approach to conservative voters who want continuity alongside reform.

That caution extends abroad. Despite European Council President António Costa's message of support for reforms, Vranić does not expect an immediate breakthrough in European integration. He says the movement wants to strengthen institutions at home before negotiating with the EU as an equal partner. Nor does he anticipate major changes toward Russia, China or Kosovo: the coalition contains different factions, limiting how far it can move together.

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The facts

Channel: euronews
Subscribers: 2,590,000 ▲ 10,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days: 7,110,029
Channel views, pace per day: 635,154 (on a normal day: 793,308)
Video published: October 26, 2026
Video views so far: 73,693 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 79,268

The numbers

The Serbia interview drew an unusually large early audience for a regular Euronews upload. Here is how its start compares with the channel's usual first day.

the video's first day

usual first day here

1,686

this video

79,268

subscribers

2,590,000

▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days

total views

1,673,510,536

views per day

635,154