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Green–Left Front
Зелено–леви фронт
AbbreviationZLF
Co-presidents
Parliamentary leaderRadomir Lazović
Founders
Founded14 July 2023
Registered10 August 2023
Preceded byDo not let Belgrade drown
HeadquartersPatrijarha Gavrila 6/III, Belgrade
Youth wingGreen Youth of Serbia
Women's wingAutonomous Women's Front
Ideology
Political positionLeft-wing
European affiliationEuropean Greens (candidate)
International affiliationProgressive International
Parliamentary groupGreen–Left Front
Colours
  •   Dark green
  •   Light green
  •   Red
Slogan"Ne damo Srbiju"
("We are not giving up Serbia")
National Assembly
10 / 250
Assembly of Vojvodina
3 / 120
City Assembly of Belgrade
5 / 110
Website
zelenolevifront.rs

Green–Left Front (Serbian: Зелено–леви фронт, romanized: Zeleno–levi front, abbr. ZLF) is a green political party in Serbia. It is the successor of Do not let Belgrade drown association and four local citizens' groups. Radomir Lazović and Biljana Đorđević serve as the co-presidents of ZLF.

Formed in July 2023, and registered as a political party a month later, ZLF was one of the organisers of the 2023 Serbian protests. It later became part of the Serbia Against Violence coalition which contested the parliamentary, Vojvodina provincial, and Belgrade City Assembly elections in December 2023. A left-wing party, ZLF declares itself to be supportive of solidarity, social justice, and environmental protection. It is a member of the Progressive International and is a candidate to join the European Greens.

History

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Formation

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At the sixth congress of Do not let Belgrade drown (NDB) in June 2022, it was announced that NDB would transform itself into a political party that would be active on national level, as opposed to only being active in Belgrade.[1] NDB also announced that several local organisations would take part in the foundation of the political party and that it would continue its actions within the We Must coalition.[1][2] In early February 2023, it was announced that the political party would be named the Green–Left Front (ZLF) and that it would also utilise its slogan "we would not give up on Serbia".[3][4] Radomir Lazović also announced that it would open local branches in Niš, Sombor, and Užice, while ZLF would also sign several cooperation agreements with local organisations in Serbia.[5][6]

On 10 February 2023, NDB signed an agreement on joint participation with the Choice for our Municipality citizens' group.[7] Four days later, it signed another agreement with the Critical Mass citizens' group.[8] In late February 2023, it signed an agreement with the "Initiative for Požega", while in early June, it signed an agreement with the Local Front from Valjevo and the Initiative for Lajkovac.[9][10][11] ZLF held its founding assembly on 14 July, during which the party adopted its statute and programme.[12][13] Lazović announced that the leadership election will be held in autumn.[13] Biljana Đorđević has said that ZLF would take part in the upcoming local elections.[14]

2023–present

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After the Belgrade school shooting and Mladenovac and Smederevo shootings in May 2023, ZLF has taken part in the 2023 protests as one of its organisers.[15][16] ZLF became part of the Serbia Against Violence (SPN) coalition in October 2023, a coalition of political parties organising the 2023 protests.[17] The SPN coalition announced that it would take part in the parliamentary, Vojvodina provincial, and Belgrade City Assembly elections, all scheduled for 17 December 2023.[18][19] Lazović was placed first on its electoral list for the parliamentary elections.[20] In the parliamentary election, SPN won 65 seats, 9 of which went to ZLF.[21]

Political positions

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ZLF is a green and progressive party,[22][23][24] while it declares itself to be supportive of solidarity, social justice, environmental protection, rights to public goods, and broad participation of citizens in decision-making.[1] Lazović stated that it would be a left-wing political party,[5] and that its ideology would be orientated towards principles of the "green left".[25] He also noted that ZLF would be supportive of decentralisation, civic and human rights, and anti-fascism.[26] At the sixth congress of NDB, it was announced that ZLF would be ideologically and programmatically similar to NDB itself.[1] Political scientist Filip Balunović has described ZLF as a left-wing party.[27]

ZLF has criticised the establishment of the cooperation between the Ministry of Health and the Mozzart Foundation, a gambling company.[28] It has pledged to stop exploitation and the destruction of the environment.[29] In September 2023, ZLF introduced a law to legalise same-sex civil unions to the National Assembly.[30] ZLF opposed the erection of a monument and the establishment of a museum dedicated to World War II Axis collaborator, Draža Mihailović, which were unveiled in October 2023.[31]

Organisation

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ZLF is led by two co-presidents, Lazović and Biljana Đorđević.[32] Its headquarters is located at Patrijarha Gavrila 6/III, Belgrade.[33] According to ZLF, it has 5,000 members as of February 2023, a thousand of whom live outside of Belgrade.[3] Lazović had also announced that ZLF will form youth, women, LGBT+, and elderly party wings; in June 2023, the Green Youth of Serbia formally joined ZLF as its youth wing, while in October 2023, the Autonomous Women's Front was formed as its women's wing.[34][35][‡ 1] Lazović is the parliamentary leader of ZLF in the National Assembly.[36]

ZLF began collecting signatures to become a registered party on 18 May and on 19 June it was announced that they have collected 11,000 signatures.[37][38] Regarding the finance costs for the registration of the party, Lazović said that NDB has mostly used membership donations but also public funds allocated for the functioning of the organisation.[34] ZLF was registered on 10 August 2023.[33]

International cooperation

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From NDB, it has retained its candidate status to become a member of the European Greens.[13][39][40] Jelena Jerinić, a ZLF member of the National Assembly, said that she expects ZLF to become a member of the European Greens at the next congress.[40] ZLF representatives took part in the 37 European Greens congress in 2023.[‡ 2] As the successor of NDB, it is also affiliated with the Progressive International.[13][41]

List of presidents

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# Co-presidents Birth–Death Term start Term end
1 Radomir Lazović 1980– 5 November 2023 Incumbent
Biljana Đorđević 1984–

Electoral performance

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Parliamentary elections

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National Assembly of Serbia
Year Leader Popular vote % of popular vote # # of seats Seat change Coalition Status Ref.
2023 Radomir Lazović 903,450 24.32% Increase 2nd
10 / 250
 Increase 5 SPN Opposition [42]

Provincial elections

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Assembly of Vojvodina
Year Leader Popular vote % of popular vote # # of seats Seat change Coalition Status Ref.
2023 Tamara Maksić 215,197 22.55% Increase 2nd
3 / 120
 Increase 3 SPN Opposition [43]

Belgrade City Assembly elections

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City Assembly of Belgrade
Year Leader Popular vote % of popular vote # # of seats Seat change Coalition Status Ref.
2023 Dobrica Veselinović 325,429 35.39% Increase 2nd
14 / 110
 Increase 4 SPN Snap election [44]
2024 89,430 12.42% Decrease 3rd
5 / 110
 Decrease 9 BB Opposition [45]

References

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  17. ^ Dragojlo, Saša (27 October 2023). "Serbia's Pro-European Opposition Makes Unity Pact for Elections". Balkan Insight. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
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  19. ^ Milovančević, Vojislav; Latković, Nataša (3 November 2023). "Šta piše u koalicionom sporazumu liste "Srbija protiv nasilja"" [What is written in the coalition agreement of the list "Serbia against violence"]. NOVA portal (in Serbian). Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  20. ^ "Opozicija okupljena oko Srbije protiv nasilja na jednoj listi, nosioci Aleksić i Tepić" [The opposition gathered around Serbia Against Violence on one list, with Aleksić and Tepić as its leaders]. Novinska agencija Beta (in Serbian). 27 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  21. ^ "CeSID i IPSOS obradili 99,8 odsto uzorka: SNS-u 128 mandata, SPN-u 65" [CeSID and IPSOS processed 99.8 percent of the sample: SNS 128 mandates, SPN 65]. N1 (in Serbian). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  22. ^ Didanović, Vera (28 July 2023). "Nasilje dolazi od SNS" [Violence comes from SNS]. Nin (in Serbian). Retrieved 30 July 2023.
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  25. ^ "Ne davimo Beograd postaje partija, koje ime je "u igri" i koji su im ciljevi" [Do not let Belgrade drown to become a political party, which name is "in the game" and what are their goals]. N1 (in Serbian). 20 October 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  26. ^ Čongradin, Snežana (11 February 2023). "Ne davimo Beograd, Ne damo Srbiju, a šta je sa Kosovom: Radomir Lazović za Danas o novom imenu ovog pokreta" [Do not let Belgrade drown, We will not give Serbia, and what about Kosovo: Radomir Lazović for Danas on the new name of this movement]. Danas (in Serbian). Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  27. ^ Komarčević, Dušan (27 November 2023). "'Nacionalne' teme dominiraju predizbornom kampanjom u Srbiji" ['National' themes are dominating the pre-election campaign in Serbia]. Radio Free Europe (in Serbian). Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  28. ^ "Zeleno-levi front: Kockarnicama i kladionicama nije mesto u zdravstvenom sistemu Srbije" [Green-Left Front: Casinos and betting shops have no place in the Serbian healthcare system]. Novinska agencija Beta (in Serbian). 2 March 2023. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  29. ^ "Zeleno-levi front u Nišu: Zaustavićemo eksploataciju i uništavanje prirodnih dobara" [Green-Left Front in Niš: We will stop the exploitation and destruction of natural resources]. Novinska agencija Beta (in Serbian). 21 April 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.[permanent dead link‍]
  30. ^ "Zeleno-levi front predstavio predlog Zakona o građanskom partnerstvu" [Green-Left Front presents the proposed law on civil unions]. Danas (in Serbian). 8 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  31. ^ "Zeleno-levi front protiv podizanja spomenika i osnivanja muzeja Dragoljubu Mihailoviću" [The Green–Left Front opposes the erection of a monument and the establishment of a museum to Dragoljub Mihailović]. Novinska agencija Beta (in Serbian). 16 October 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
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  35. ^ "U okviru stranke Zeleno-levi front osnovan Autonomni ženski front" [Inside the Green–Left Front the Autonomous Women's Front has been formed]. Novinska agencija Beta (in Serbian). 16 October 2023. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
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Notes

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Primary sources

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In the text these references are preceded by a double dagger (‡):

  1. ^ "Zelena omladina Srbije se pridružila Zeleno-levom frontu kao omladinsko telo" [The Green Youth of Serbia joined the Green–Left Front as its youth wing]. Green–Left Front (in Serbian). 5 June 2023. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Zeleno-levi front na 37. kongresu Evropske zelene partije" [Green-Left Front at the 37th Congress of the European Green Party]. Ne davimo Beograd (in Serbian). 3 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.

See also

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