Ecological Uprising

{{Infobox political party

| name = Ecological Uprising

| native_name = Еколошки устанак

| native_name_lang = sr

| abbreviation = EU

| colorcode = {{party color|Ecological Uprising (Serbia)}}

| logo = Ecological Uprising logo.svg

| leader = Aleksandar Jovanović Ćuta

| leader1_title = {{nowrap|Parliamentary leader}}

| leader1_name = Aleksandar Jovanović Ćuta

| founded = 2021 (first)
2023 (second)

| dissolved = 11 June 2022

| split = Together (second)

| successor = Together (first)

| ideology = Green politics

| affiliation1_title = Parliamentary group

| affiliation1 = Ecological Uprising

| colours = {{colorbox|{{party color|Ecological Uprising (Serbia)}}|border=silver}} Green

| seats1_title = National Assembly

| seats1 = {{Composition bar|5|250|{{party color|Ecological Uprising (Serbia)}}}}

| seats2_title = Assembly of Vojvodina

| seats2 = {{Composition bar|2|120|{{party color|Ecological Uprising (Serbia)}}}}

| seats3_title = City Assembly of Belgrade

| seats3 = {{Composition bar|1|110|{{party color|Ecological Uprising (Serbia)}}}}

| country = Serbia

| website = {{URL|https://ekoloskiustanak.org.rs/}}

}}

Ecological Uprising ({{langx|sr|Еколошки устанак|Ekološki ustanak}}, abbr. EU) is a green{{cite news |last1=Beckmann-Dierkes |first1=Norbert |last2=Rankić |first2=Slađan |date=13 May 2022 |title=Parlamentswahlen in Serbien 2022 |language=de |page=3 |work=Konrad Adenauer Foundation |url=https://www.kas.de/documents/252038/16191335/Parlamentswahlen+in+Serbien+2022.pdf/9f87437e-7c29-3460-6039-99acb2b1a9aa?version=1.0&t=1652457721083 |access-date=27 December 2022}}{{Cite news |last=Mirosavljević |first=Igor |date=2 December 2023 |title=Evolution of the party scene since 2012: Who are the members of the "Serbia Against Violence" coalition? |work=European Western Balkans |url=https://serbiaelects.europeanwesternbalkans.com/2023/12/02/evolution-of-the-party-scene-since-2012-who-are-the-members-of-the-serbia-against-violence-coalition/ |access-date=4 December 2023}} political organisation in Serbia. It is led by Aleksandar Jovanović Ćuta.

Formed as a political and protest movement in 2021, EU gained presence during the 2021–2022 Serbian environmental protests. Ćuta was elected to the National Assembly of Serbia at the head of We Must (Moramo) coalition in the 2022 Serbian parliamentary election. On 11 June 2022, the movement was merged into a new political party called Together (Zajedno!). Ćuta left Together in September 2023 due to internal disagreements inside the party.

History

= Formation =

The Ecological Uprising movement grew out of a series of environmental actions in Serbia in 2021. Jovanović, working with a movement called "Defend the Rivers of Stara Planina," used the phrase "ecological uprising" in his call for a citizens' protest at the national assembly on 10 April 2021.{{Cite web |date=7 April 2021 |title=Aleksandar Jovanović Ćuta poziva na ekološki ustanak u subotu ispred Skupštine |url=https://rs.n1info.com/vesti/aleksandar-jovanovic-cuta-poziva-na-ekoloski-ustanak-u-subotu-ispred-skupstine/ |access-date=17 October 2022 |website=N1 |language=sr-RS}} The protest, which drew thousands of people, called for a moratorium on the construction of small hydroelectric plants and for more intensive reforestation across Serbia. Another protest was held in September of the same year, with more than thirty environmental organisations rallied around the "Ecological Uprising" banner.{{Cite web |date=11 September 2021 |title="Ekološki ustanak" danas ispred predsedništva |url=https://www.021.rs/story/Info/Srbija/284449/Ekoloski-ustanak-danas-ispred-predsednistva.html |access-date=17 October 2022 |website=021.rs |language=sr}} The latter event was the catalyst for an ongoing series of protests of environmental protests over the following months, with Jovanović and Ecological Uprising playing a leading role. The protests came to focus in particular on opposition to Rio Tinto's proposed jadarite mining near the Jadar River.{{fact|date=December 2024}}

Jovanović indicated in mid-2021 that he wanted the Ecological Uprising movement to participate in the 2022 Belgrade City Assembly election. Speculation grew as to his possible coalition partners, with both the Do not let Belgrade drown (NDB) group and Nebojša Zelenović's Action movement mentioned as possibilities.{{Cite web |last=Valtner |first=Lidija |date=5 July 2021 |title=S kim bi Aleksandar Jovanović Ćuta na izbore, a ko bi s njim? |url=https://www.danas.rs/vesti/politika/s-kim-bi-aleksandar-jovanovic-cuta-na-izbore-a-ko-bi-s-njim/ |access-date=17 October 2022 |website=Danas |language=sr-RS}} In November 2021, Jovanović said that Ecological Uprising would participate in both the Belgrade election and the 2022 Serbian parliamentary election; in so doing, he said that the movement's ultimate goal was to "remove the cause of the biggest pollution in Serbia, which is the regime of Aleksandar Vučić."{{Cite web |last1=Miljković |first1=M. D. |last2=D. |first2=P. |date=11 November 2021 |title=Ćuta: Ekološki ustanak izlazi na sve izbore |url=https://www.danas.rs/vesti/politika/cuta-ekoloski-ustanak-izlazi-na-sve-izbore/ |access-date=17 October 2022 |website=Danas |language=sr-RS}}

= 2022 election =

Jovanović and Zelenović signed an electional agreement to create a green-left political bloc in November 2021.{{Cite web |date=14 November 2021 |title=Zelenović i Ćuta potpisali sporazum, "zeleno-levi" blok izlazi na izbore |url=https://rs.n1info.com/vesti/zelenovic-i-cuta-potpisali-sporazum-zeleno-levi-blok-izlazi-na-izbore/ |access-date=17 October 2022 |website=N1 |language=sr-RS}} The We Must coalition was formally launched in January 2022, with NDB and other parties also participating.{{Cite web |date=19 January 2022 |title=Formirana zeleno-leva koalicija "Moramo" |url=https://nova.rs/vesti/politika/formirana-zeleno-leva-koalicija-moramo/ |access-date=17 October 2022 |website=NOVA portal |language=sr-RS}} The We Must coalition ultimately won representation in both the republican and Belgrade assemblies, taking thirteen seats in each body. Jovanović, who led the coalition's electoral list at the republic level, was elected as a parliamentarian.{{fact|date=December 2024}}

On 1 June 2022, representatives of Ecological Uprising, the Action movement, and the Assembly of Free Serbia announced that they would henceforth act as one party.{{Cite web |date=1 June 2022 |title=Skupština slobodne Srbije, platforma 'Akcija' i Ekološki ustanak potpisali deklaraciju o ujedinjenju |url=https://beta.rs/beforepost/beforepost/164424-skupstina-slobodne-srbije-platforma-akcija-i-ekoloski-ustanak-potpisali-deklaraciju-o-ujedinjenju |access-date=17 October 2022 |website=Novinska agencija Beta |language=sr}} The new party, known as Together (Zajedno!), was formally introduced on 11 June, with Jovanović, Zelenović, and Assembly of Free Serbia leader Biljana Stojković as its co-presidents.{{Cite web |date=11 June 2022 |title=Članice koalicije "Moramo" se ujedinile u "Zajedno" - stranku bez lidera |url=https://rs.n1info.com/vesti/clanice-koalicije-moramo-se-ujedinile-u-stranku-zajedno/ |access-date=17 October 2022 |website=N1 |language=sr-RS}}

= 2023 =

After the beginning of the Serbia Against Violence protests in May 2023, EU has acted autonomously inside Together.{{Cite web |last=Savić |first=Danilo |date=30 August 2023 |title=Ćuta i Zelenović o odnosima u njihovoj stranci nakon sklapanja saveza sa Lutovcem i Ponošem |url=https://nova.rs/vesti/politika/cuta-i-zelenovic-o-odnosima-u-njihovoj-stranci-nakon-sklapanja-saveza-sa-lutovcem-i-ponosem/ |access-date=6 September 2023 |website=NOVA portal |language=sr-RS}} On 6 September 2023, Ćuta announced that he and other EU members left Together due to internal disagreements.{{Cite web |last=Latković |first=Nataša |date=6 September 2023 |title=Ćuta podnosi ostavku: "Ovo je kap koja je prelila čašu" |trans-title=Ćuta resigned: "This is the drop that poured the glass" |url=https://nova.rs/vesti/politika/cuta-podnosi-ostavku-ovo-je-kap-koja-je-prelila-casu/ |access-date=6 September 2023 |website=NOVA portal |language=sr}} EU became part of the Serbia Against Violence (SPN) coalition in October 2023, a coalition of political parties organising the 2023 protests.{{Cite news |last=Dragojlo |first=Saša |date=27 October 2023 |title=Serbia's Pro-European Opposition Makes Unity Pact for Elections |work=Balkan Insight |url=https://balkaninsight.com/2023/10/27/serbias-pro-european-opposition-makes-unity-pact-for-elections/ |access-date=27 October 2023}} SPN announced that it would contest the parliamentary, Vojvodina provincial, and Belgrade City Assembly elections, all scheduled for 17 December 2023.{{Cite web |last=Milovančević |first=Vojislav |date=27 October 2023 |title=Opozicija postigla dogovor o nastupu na izborima: Saopšteno ko su kandidati i nosioci lista |trans-title=The opposition reached an agreement on participation in the elections: It was announced who the candidates and representatives of the list are |url=https://nova.rs/vesti/politika/uzivo-prva-konferencija-proevropske-opozicije-posle-odluke-da-izadju-zajedno-na-izbore/ |access-date=27 October 2023 |website=NOVA portal |language=sr}}{{Cite web |last=Milovančević |first=Vojislav |last2=Latković |first2=Nataša |date=3 November 2023 |title=Šta piše u koalicionom sporazumu liste "Srbija protiv nasilja" |trans-title=What is written in the coalition agreement of the list "Serbia against violence" |url=https://nova.rs/vesti/politika/otkrivamo-sta-pise-u-koalicionom-sporazumu-liste-srbija-protiv-nasilja/ |access-date=3 November 2023 |website=NOVA portal |language=sr}} In the parliamentary election, SPN won 65 seats, 4 of which went to EU.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-18 |title=CeSID i IPSOS obradili 99,8 odsto uzorka: SNS-u 128 mandata, SPN-u 65 |trans-title=CeSID and IPSOS processed 99.8 percent of the sample: SNS 128 mandates, SPN 65 |url=https://n1info.rs/vesti/izbori-2023/cesid-i-ipsos-obradili-972-odsto-uzorka-sns-u-128-mandata-spn-u-65/ |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=N1 |language=sr}}

Electoral performance

= Parliamentary elections =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ National Assembly of Serbia ! Year ! Leader ! Popular vote ! % of popular vote ! {{No.}} ! # of seats ! Seat change ! Coalition ! Status ! {{abbr\|Ref.\|Reference}}
2022 \| rowspan="2"\| Aleksandar Jovanović Ćuta \| 178,733 \| 4.84% \| {{increase}} 5th \| {{Composition bar\|4\|250\|{{party color\|Ecological Uprising (Serbia)}}}} \| {{increase}} 4 \| We Must \| {{no2\|Opposition}} \|{{cite book \|last1=Kovačević \|first1=Miladin \|url=https://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2022/Pdf/G20226010.pdf \|title=Izbori za narodne poslanike Narodne skupštine Republike Srbije \|date=2022 \|publisher=Republički zavod za statistiku \|isbn=978-86-6161-221-3 \|location=Belgrade \|page=7 \|language=sr \|trans-title=Elections for deputies of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia \|access-date=14 December 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214192056/https://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2022/Pdf/G20226010.pdf \|archive-date=14 December 2022 \|url-status=live}}
2023 \| 902,450 \| 24.32% \| {{increase}} 2nd \| {{Composition bar\|5\|250\|{{party color\|Ecological Uprising (Serbia)}}}} \| {{increase}} 1 \| SPN \| {{no2\|Opposition}} \|{{cite book \|last1=Kovačević \|first1=Miladin \|title=Izbori za narodne poslanike Narodne skupštine Republike Srbije \|date=2024 \|publisher=Republički zavod za statistiku \|location=Belgrade \|isbn=978-86-6161-252-7 \|page=8–9 \|access-date=22 June 2024 \|language=sr \|url=https://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2024/Pdf/G20246006.pdf}}

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|+ National Assembly of Serbia

! Year

! Leader

! Popular vote

! % of popular vote

! {{No.}}

! # of seats

! Seat change

! Coalition

! Status

! {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

2022

| rowspan="2"| Aleksandar Jovanović Ćuta

| 178,733

| 4.84%

| {{increase}} 5th

| {{Composition bar|4|250|{{party color|Ecological Uprising (Serbia)}}}}

| {{increase}} 4

| We Must

| {{no2|Opposition}}

|{{cite book |last1=Kovačević |first1=Miladin |url=https://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2022/Pdf/G20226010.pdf |title=Izbori za narodne poslanike Narodne skupštine Republike Srbije |date=2022 |publisher=Republički zavod za statistiku |isbn=978-86-6161-221-3 |location=Belgrade |page=7 |language=sr |trans-title=Elections for deputies of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia |access-date=14 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214192056/https://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2022/Pdf/G20226010.pdf |archive-date=14 December 2022 |url-status=live}}

2023

| 902,450

| 24.32%

| {{increase}} 2nd

| {{Composition bar|5|250|{{party color|Ecological Uprising (Serbia)}}}}

| {{increase}} 1

| SPN

| {{no2|Opposition}}

|{{cite book |last1=Kovačević |first1=Miladin |title=Izbori za narodne poslanike Narodne skupštine Republike Srbije |date=2024 |publisher=Republički zavod za statistiku |location=Belgrade |isbn=978-86-6161-252-7 |page=8–9 |access-date=22 June 2024 |language=sr |url=https://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2024/Pdf/G20246006.pdf}}

= Presidential elections =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ President of Serbia

! Year

! Candidate

! colspan="2" | 1st round popular vote

! % of popular vote

! colspan="2" | 2nd round popular vote

! % of popular vote

! Notes

style="background:#dfdfdf"

! 2022

| Biljana Stojković

| {{no2|6th}}

| 122,378

| 3.30%

| {{n/a}}

| —

| Supported Stojković

= Provincial elections =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Assembly of Vojvodina ! Year ! Leader ! Popular vote ! % of popular vote ! {{No.}} ! # of seats ! Seat change ! Coalition ! Status ! {{Abbr\|Ref\|Reference}}
2023 \| Aleksandar Jovanović Ćuta \| 215,197 \| 22.55% \| {{increase}} 2nd \| {{Composition bar\|2\|250\|{{party color\|Ecological Uprising (Serbia)}}}} \| {{increase}} 2 \| SPN \| {{no2\|Opposition}} \|{{cite web \|title=Izveštaj o sprovedenim izborima za poslanike Skupštine Autonomne pokrajine Vojvodine održanim 17. i 30. decembra 2023. godine \|trans-title=Report on the conducted elections for deputies to the Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina held on 17 and 30 December 2023 \|url=https://pik.skupstinavojvodine.gov.rs/docs/2023Izvestaj%20PIKa%20o%20sprovedenim%20izborima%20za%20poslanike%20u%20Skupstinu%20APV%2017.%20i%2030.%20decembar%202023.%20013-13-2024_140ce784-ff16-4c56-a2cd-a232fe07eeed.pdf \|website=Provincial Electoral Commission \|access-date=15 February 2024 \|language=sr \|date=30 January 2024}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Assembly of Vojvodina

! Year

! Leader

! Popular vote

! % of popular vote

! {{No.}}

! # of seats

! Seat change

! Coalition

! Status

! {{Abbr|Ref|Reference}}

2023

| Aleksandar Jovanović Ćuta

| 215,197

| 22.55%

| {{increase}} 2nd

| {{Composition bar|2|250|{{party color|Ecological Uprising (Serbia)}}}}

| {{increase}} 2

| SPN

| {{no2|Opposition}}

|{{cite web |title=Izveštaj o sprovedenim izborima za poslanike Skupštine Autonomne pokrajine Vojvodine održanim 17. i 30. decembra 2023. godine |trans-title=Report on the conducted elections for deputies to the Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina held on 17 and 30 December 2023 |url=https://pik.skupstinavojvodine.gov.rs/docs/2023Izvestaj%20PIKa%20o%20sprovedenim%20izborima%20za%20poslanike%20u%20Skupstinu%20APV%2017.%20i%2030.%20decembar%202023.%20013-13-2024_140ce784-ff16-4c56-a2cd-a232fe07eeed.pdf |website=Provincial Electoral Commission |access-date=15 February 2024 |language=sr |date=30 January 2024}}

= Belgrade City Assembly elections =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ City Assembly of Belgrade ! Year ! Leader ! Popular vote ! % of popular vote ! {{No.}} ! # of seats ! Seat change ! Coalition ! Status ! {{abbr\|Ref.\|Reference}}
2022 \| rowspan="3"\| Aleksandar Jovanović Ćuta \| 99,078 \| 11.04% \| {{increase}} 3rd \| {{Composition bar\|3\|110\|{{party color\|Ecological Uprising (Serbia)}}}} \| {{increase}} 3 \| We Must \| {{no2\|Opposition}} \|{{cite web \|date=9 May 2022 \|title=Ukupan izveštaj o rezultatima izbora za odbornike Skupštine grade Beograda \|trans-title=Overall report on the results of the elections for councillors of the City Assembly of Belgrade \|url=https://www.beograd.rs/images/file/b220a5e4abcb99b227d7b884e2aafc8f_8127807777.pdf \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518105425/https://www.beograd.rs/images/file/b220a5e4abcb99b227d7b884e2aafc8f_8127807777.pdf \|archive-date=18 May 2022 \|access-date=22 November 2022 \|website=City of Belgrade \|language=sr}}
2023 \| 325,429 \| 35.39% \| {{increase}} 2nd \| {{Composition bar\|2\|110\|{{party color\|Ecological Uprising (Serbia)}}}} \| {{decrease}} 1 \| SPN \| {{partial\|Snap election}} \|{{Cite web \|title=Izveštaj o rezultatima izbora za odbornike Skupštine Grada Beograda \|trans-title=Report on the results of the elections for councillors of the City of Belgrade Assembly \|url=https://www.beograd.rs/images/file/5e7c1c73f4822269f880b6fadb9199b4_1895669695.pdf \|access-date=2024-03-16 \|website=City of Belgrade \|date=3 January 2024}}
2024 \| 89,430 \| 12.42% \| {{decrease}} 3rd \| {{Composition bar\|1\|110\|{{party color\|Ecological Uprising (Serbia)}}}} \| {{decrease}} 1 \| BB \| {{no2\|Opposition}} \|{{Cite web \|title=Izveštaj o rezultatima izbora za odbornike Skupštine Grada Beograda \|trans-title=Report on the results of the elections for councillors of the City of Belgrade Assembly \|url=https://www.beograd.rs/images/file/2704f91c5fe52728b98f535fd2381b46_6148398695.pdf \|access-date=2024-07-01 \|website=City of Belgrade \|date=14 June 2024}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ City Assembly of Belgrade

! Year

! Leader

! Popular vote

! % of popular vote

! {{No.}}

! # of seats

! Seat change

! Coalition

! Status

! {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

2022

| rowspan="3"| Aleksandar Jovanović Ćuta

| 99,078

| 11.04%

| {{increase}} 3rd

| {{Composition bar|3|110|{{party color|Ecological Uprising (Serbia)}}}}

| {{increase}} 3

| We Must

| {{no2|Opposition}}

|{{cite web |date=9 May 2022 |title=Ukupan izveštaj o rezultatima izbora za odbornike Skupštine grade Beograda |trans-title=Overall report on the results of the elections for councillors of the City Assembly of Belgrade |url=https://www.beograd.rs/images/file/b220a5e4abcb99b227d7b884e2aafc8f_8127807777.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518105425/https://www.beograd.rs/images/file/b220a5e4abcb99b227d7b884e2aafc8f_8127807777.pdf |archive-date=18 May 2022 |access-date=22 November 2022 |website=City of Belgrade |language=sr}}

2023

| 325,429

| 35.39%

| {{increase}} 2nd

| {{Composition bar|2|110|{{party color|Ecological Uprising (Serbia)}}}}

| {{decrease}} 1

| SPN

| {{partial|Snap election}}

|{{Cite web |title=Izveštaj o rezultatima izbora za odbornike Skupštine Grada Beograda |trans-title=Report on the results of the elections for councillors of the City of Belgrade Assembly |url=https://www.beograd.rs/images/file/5e7c1c73f4822269f880b6fadb9199b4_1895669695.pdf |access-date=2024-03-16 |website=City of Belgrade |date=3 January 2024}}

2024

| 89,430

| 12.42%

| {{decrease}} 3rd

| {{Composition bar|1|110|{{party color|Ecological Uprising (Serbia)}}}}

| {{decrease}} 1

| BB

| {{no2|Opposition}}

|{{Cite web |title=Izveštaj o rezultatima izbora za odbornike Skupštine Grada Beograda |trans-title=Report on the results of the elections for councillors of the City of Belgrade Assembly |url=https://www.beograd.rs/images/file/2704f91c5fe52728b98f535fd2381b46_6148398695.pdf |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=City of Belgrade |date=14 June 2024}}

References

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