Serbia is organizing its general elections on Sunday, April 3, with ballots to appoint its president, its 250 deputies and several municipal councils.
While the war in Ukraine is on everyone's mind, the populist president, Aleksandar Vucic, promises stability.
After a decade in power, the center-right party (SNS) of the head of state should confirm its stranglehold on Parliament, while the president himself seems in pole position for a second term, according to the latest polls.
On the right of the political spectrum, the Serbian Radical Party, an ultra-nationalist formation which had dominated the political scene during the break-up of Yugoslavia and is now marginalized, hopes to make a comeback by playing on its ideological proximity to Vladimir Putin. .
In Serbia, Russia is perceived as a historical ally and the population finds it difficult to condemn the Kremlin's policy.
A myriad of far-right microparties hope to take advantage of this to enter Parliament.
For the first time in many years, pro-Western parties are showing a united front in the elections.
Outgoing President Aleksandar Vucic could be threatened by both the pro-European fringe and the pro-Russian fringe of the population.
It remains to be seen whether his electoral base is strong enough to avoid the threat.
With AFP
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