Serbian People's Party (2014)
{{Short description|Political party in Serbia}}
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{{Infobox political party
| name = Serbian People's Party
| native_name = Српска народна партија
| native_name_lang = sr
| abbreviation = SNP
| logo = Serbian People's Party (2014) logo.svg
| flag = Flag of the Serbian People's Party.svg
| logo_size = 100px
| colorcode = {{party color|Serbian People's Party (2014)}}
| president = Nenad Popović
| general_secretary = Jovan Palalić
| founded = {{start date|2014|9|21|df=y}}
| split = Democratic Party of Serbia
| headquarters = Ustanička 65/5, Belgrade
| ideology = {{ubl|National conservatism|Right-wing populism}}
| position = Right-wing
| affiliation1_title = Parliamentary group
| religion = Serbian Orthodox Church
| affiliation1 = Aleksandar Vučić – Serbia Must Not Stop (1 MP){{cite web | url=http://www.parlament.gov.rs/JOVAN_PALALIC.326.488.html | title=National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia | MP }}
Healthy Serbia–Russian Party–United Peasant Party (1 MP){{cite web | url=http://www.parlament.gov.rs/LIDIJA_SARAC.1355.488.html | title=National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia | MP }}
| european = Identity and Democracy Party (cooperation){{cite web|work=Patriots for Europe Foundation|title=Patriotism in Serbia with the Serbian People's Party|date=6 May 2024|url=https://pfe-foundation.eu/le-patriotisme-en-serbie-avec-le-parti-populaire-serbe/|quote=The Serbian People’s Party, to which I belong and which works with the parties in the “Identity and Democracy” bloc}}
| colours = {{ubl|{{colorbox|#AE2E2F|border=silver}} Red|{{colorbox|{{party color|Serbian People's Party (2014)}}|border=silver}} Blue|{{colorbox|#BEBDB9|border=silver}} Gray}}
| international = For the Freedom of Nations!
| seats1_title = National Assembly
| seats1 = {{Composition bar|2|250|{{party color|Serbian People's Party (2014)}}}}
| seats2_title = Assembly of Vojvodina
| seats2 = {{Composition bar|0|120|{{party color|Serbian People's Party (2014)}}}}
| seats3_title = City Assembly of Belgrade
| seats3 = {{Composition bar|1|110|{{party color|Serbian People's Party (2014)}}}}
| website = {{URL|srpskanarodnapartija.rs}}
| country = Serbia
}}
The Serbian People's Party ({{langx|sr|Српска народна партија|Srpska narodna partija}}, abbr. SNP) is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Serbia. It was formed in 2014 by former members of the Democratic Party of Serbia and is currently led by Nenad Popović.
History
The SNP was founded in September 2014 in the village of Kriva Reka in the Zlatibor region. Its founding members included Popović, Jovan Palalić, Milan Stamatović (who left the party two years later), and the political philosopher Bogdana Koljević."New Serbian centre-right party founded," British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring European, 24 September 2014 (Source: Blic website, Belgrade, in Serbian 0000 gmt 21 Sep 14).
The party's first member of the assembly was Milan Petrić, who had been elected on the list of the Democratic Party in the 2014 election and joined the SNP in March 2015.[http://www.politika.rs/sr/clanak/322503/SNP-Nenada-Popovica-postala-parlamentarna-partija SNP Nenada Popovića postala parlamentarna partija], Politika, 22 March 2015, accessed 9 May 2018. The SNP subsequently contested the 2016 election on the Serbian Progressive Party's Aleksandar Vučić – Serbia Is Winning electoral list and elected three members to the assembly: Jovan Palalić, Ognjen Pantović, and Snežana Petrović.
Popović, who has been the SNP's leader since its founding, was appointed to a ministerial position in the first cabinet of Ana Brnabić on 29 June 2017 and served until 2022. In 2024, he was once again appointed as a minister in the cabinet of Miloš Vučević.
== Ideology and platform ==
SNP is a right-wing populist{{cite web |date=30 December 2019 |title=The state of global right-wing populism in 2019 |url=https://qz.com/1774201/the-global-state-of-right-wing-populism-in-2019/ |work=Quartz}} and a national-conservative party.{{cite book |last=Stojić |first=Marko |title=Party Responses to the EU in the Western Balkans |publisher=Springer |year=2017 |page=134}} On the political spectrum, it sits on the right-wing.{{Cite book |last1=Lafleur |first1=Jean-Michel |title=Migration and Social Protection in Europe and Beyond |last2=Vintila |first2=Daniela |publisher=IMISCOE Research Stories |year=2020 |isbn=9783030512415 |editor-last=Popić |editor-first=Tamara |edition=1 |volume=3 |pages=324 |chapter=Diaspora Policies, Consular Services and Social Protection for Serbian Citizens Abroad}} Popović has advocated for a border fence on Serbia's border with North Macedonia to reduce illegal immigration.{{cite web |url=https://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics.php?yyyy=2015&mm=08&dd=18&nav_id=95136 | title="Idea of building border wall is disgraceful" | date=18 August 2015 }} He has also opposed allowing LGBTQ content in children's books in Serbia.{{Cite web|url=https://balkaninsight.com/2018/05/03/serbian-minister-slammed-same-sex-publication-05-03-2018/|title=Serbian Minister Condemns 'Imported Gay Books' | Balkan Insight|date=3 May 2018 }}
= Foreign policy =
On foreign policy, the party typically favoured improved ties between Serbia and Russia, but it condemned the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, describing it as a violation of Ukrainian territorial integrity.{{cite web|date=10 July 2020|title=SRPSKA NARODNA PARTIJA: Vodi se agresivna kampanja protiv Rusije i Putina|url=https://www.kurir.rs/vesti/politika/3495357/srpska-narodna-partija-vodi-se-agresivna-kampanja-protiv-rusije-i-putina|website=kurir.rs|publisher=Kurir|language=Serbian}}{{Cite web|last=Stevanović|first=Vojislav|date=11 April 2016|title=SNP i SNS: Kako funkcioniše koalicija?|url=https://rs.n1info.com/vesti/a150931-SNP-i-SNS-Kako-funkcionise-koalicija/|access-date=7 February 2022|website=N1|language=sr-RS}}{{cite news|work=Italpress|title=Palalic "La Serbia cresce, Italia naturale alleata"|date=10 August 2023|url=https://www.italpress.com/palalic-la-serbia-cresce-italia-naturale-alleata/}} The party also opposes Serbian membership in the European Union if it requires concessions on Kosovo. Popović has expressed opposition to Catalonian independence, comparing the issue to Kosovo.{{cite tweet|author=Nenad Popovic|number=1724861720655528152|user=npopovicSNP|title=The sovereignty of a state does not, nor it can ever have a price — in Serbia we know that better than anyone! Kosovo is Serbia and Catalonia is Spain!}}
Organization
= International affiliation and relations =
SNP has cooperated with Identity and Democracy members, such as National Rally, the Freedom Party of Austria, Alternative for Germany, Vlaams Belang and Lega, as well as with other conservative parties such as Fidesz, Vox, the Slovenian Democratic Party, the U.S. Republican Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party.{{Cite web |last=Vojvodine |first=Javna medijska ustanova JMU Radio-televizija |title=Srpska narodna partija obeležila sedmu godišnjicu postojanja |url=https://rtv.rs/sr_lat/politika/stranacka-hronika/srpska-narodna-partija-obelezila-sedmu-godisnjicu-postojanja_1294465.html |access-date=18 November 2023 |website=JMU Radio-televizija Vojvodine |language=sr-Latn}}{{cite news|work=The European Conservative|title=Conservative Conference in Belgrade: CPAC's Little Brother|date=11 November 2023|url=https://europeanconservative.com/articles/commentary/conservative-conference-in-belgrade-cpacs-little-brother/}}{{cite web|author=Име* |url=https://srpskanarodnapartija.rs/popovic-sa-predstavnicima-omladina-partija-clanica-grupe-identitet-i-demokratija/ |title=Српска народна партија |publisher=Srpskanarodnapartija.rs |date=12 November 2021 |access-date=27 February 2022}}{{cite news|work=Politika|date=17 September 2023|url=https://www.politika.rs/scc/clanak/572110/susret-popovic-nenad-snp|title=Поповић и Палалић са Марин Ле Пен и Салвинијем}}{{cite news|work=The European Conservative|title=An Interview with Jovan Palalić on the Cross-Continental Conservative Congress|date=3 November 2023|url=https://europeanconservative.com/articles/interviews/an-interview-with-jovan-palalic-on-the-cross-continental-conservative-congress/}}
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}} |
| rowspan="2"| 2016
| rowspan="5"| Nenad Popović | rowspan="2"| 1,823,147 | rowspan="2"| 49.71% | rowspan="2"| {{increase}} 1st | rowspan="2"| {{Composition bar|3|250|{{party color|Serbian People's Party (2014)}}}} | rowspan="2"| {{increase}} 3 | rowspan="2"| SP | {{partial|Support 2016–17}} |
|---|
| {{yes2|Government 2017–20}} |
| 2020
| 1,953,998 | 63.02% | {{steady}} 1st | {{Composition bar|3|250|{{party color|Serbian People's Party (2014)}}}} | {{steady}} 0 | ZND | {{yes2|Government}} |
| 2022
| 1,635,101 | 44.27% | {{steady}} 1st | {{Composition bar|2|250|{{party color|Serbian People's Party (2014)}}}} | {{decrease}} 1 | ZMS | {{partial|Support}} |
| 2023
| 1,783,701 | 48.07% | {{steady}} 1st | {{Composition bar|2|250|{{party color|Serbian People's Party (2014)}}}} | {{steady}} 0 | SNSDS | {{yes2|Government}} |
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= Presidential elections =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Year ! Candidate ! colspan="2" | 1st round popular vote ! % of popular vote ! colspan="2" | 2nd round popular vote ! % of popular vote ! Notes ! {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| 2017
| rowspan="2"| Aleksandar Vučić | {{yes2|1st}} | 2,012,788 | 56.01% | {{n/a}} | — | — | rowspan="2" style="text-align: left"| Supported Vučić |
|---|
| 2022
| {{yes2|1st}} | 2,224,914 | 60.01% | {{n/a}} | — | — |
References
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External links
- [https://srpskanarodnapartija.rs/ Official website]
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