Serbian Progressive Party

The Srpska Napredna Stranka (SNS, German Serbian Progressive Party ) is a political party in Serbia that is attributable to the sovereignist, right-wing and nationalist spectrum. Its name is linked to one around the turn of the century to the 20th century in the Kingdom of Serbia to existing same party. International cooperates the Serbian Progressive Party with right-wing populist and EU-critical forces. Meanwhile, the SNS is, however, joined the EPP Group in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and pursued a clear pro-European course.

History

The party of Tomislav Nikolić, former vice president of the Serbian Radical Party was founded (SRS ). After it came to innerparteilichem dispute about the attitude of the group to the Association Agreement between Serbia and the European Union, with Nikolić in Parliament for this was true during the indicted by the ICTY party leader Vojislav Seselj refused strictly Nikolić resigned in September 2008 back from the faction and deputy party leader and founded a new faction under the name Napred Srbijo ( "Forward Serbia "). He was followed in the course of time, some other Members of the SRS. It came to a dispute with the SRS, as they wanted to escape the apostates, the mandates, but what they refused because they did not see the party bound to the mandates of the person. On 12 September 2008 Nikolić and 17 other leading party members from the SRS were excluded. On 10 October 2008, the new party Srpska Napredna Stranka was officially registered.

In the parliamentary elections on 6 May 2012, the list of the SNS just before the DS was strongest, while the SRS failed to re- enter parliament. Since 20 May 2012, the SNS with Tomislav Nikolić of the Serbian President. After his election as president Tomislav Nikolić resigned as party chairman. Was succeeded by his former deputy, Aleksandar Vucic. Since 27 July 2012, the SNS is part of a coalition government with Ivica Dacic (SPS ) as Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and as Deputy Prime Minister.

Dacic and later Vucic conducted in winter / spring 2012/2013 organized by the EU High Representative Catherine Ashton negotiations with the Kosovo government on a normalization of the relationship of Serbia with Kosovo. This resulted in a initialed in April 2013 contract for the rights of Serbs in northern Kosovo. The SNS supported in the Serbian parliament on April 26, 2013 specifically the results of the negotiations, while the SRS described the treaty as a betrayal.

In the early parliamentary election on 16 March 2014, the SNS won an absolute majority in the Serbian National Assembly.