For a European Serbia
For a European Serbia – Boris Tadić (Serbian: За европску Србију – Борис Тадић, Za evropsku Srbiju - Boris Tadić) is an electoral coalition that won the Serbian parliamentary election, 2008, Vojvodina parliamentary election, 2008 and Serbian local elections, 2008. The coalition was formed by the Democratic Party, G17+, Serbian Renewal Movement, League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina and Social Democratic Party of Serbia. As such, the coalition can be described essentially centrist, with perhaps a slight lean to the left.
All parties ran as a part of the coalition, except:
- Vojvodina parliamentary election, 2008, where the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina formed an alliance with some regional parties, named Together for Vojvodina.
- Local elections, where LSV ran alone or in separate coalitions, SPO formed its own coalitions in several municipalities, G17+ ran alone in Leskovac and also in a coalition with SPO in Niš where G17+ and SPO were part of the ruling coalition (the Democratic Party refused to enter into a pre-election coalition with G17+ in the city) and in Kragujevac where G17+ was in coalition with the local group of citizens list Together for Kragujevac.
Boris Tadić claimed victory in parliamentary elections, on May 11, 2008, despite a challenge from the opposing nationalist groups. His "For a European Serbia" alliance spearheaded by the DS secured 39% of the vote. Specifically, his Coalition for European Serbia, held 39% of the vote, for 102 seats, while the opposing Tomislav Nikolić's Serbian Radical Party held 29.6%, or 78 seats. Vojislav Koštunica's Democratic Party of Serbia held 11.3%, or 30 seats.[1][2]
The result of Tadić's coalition was the greatest in Serbian parliamentarism since 2000 and the greatest in his party's history.
The coalition formed the Government with Mirko Cvetković as a Prime Minister on July 7 after securing the needed majority in the National Assembly with the coalition around the Socialist Party.
