European Parliament resolution on events in Serbia: better late than never

Our director and senior researcher, Dr Svetluša Surova, has also published an article summarizing the main points of the European Parliament Resolution on the polarization and increased repression in Serbia, one year after the Novi Sad tragedy in the Slovak weekly magazine .týždeň.

Shortly before the anniversary of this sad event, on October 22, 2025, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on polarization and increased repression in Serbia one year after the tragedy in Novi Sad. Although the resolution is not legally binding, it is politically very important.

Ongoing protests in Serbia against the government have lasted more than a year

The European Parliament took a clear stance on the socio-political processes in Serbia and also criticized its own ranks in connection with the relationship between some EU representatives and institutions and the Serbian authorities. 457 members of the EU Parliament voted in favour of this proposal, 103 voted against it, and 72 abstained from voting.

According to Dr Surová, finally, an institution of the European Union (EU) has done its homework properly in relation to the protests in Serbia, which began after last year's tragedy when sixteen people lost their lives after a canopy collapsed at the railway station in Novi Sad.

Dr Surová writes here what the resolution is about and why it is important, what the EU Parliament is asking of the Serbian authorities, what kind of appeals it sends to EU institutions and representatives but also to other states.

Read the full article here.