Dejan Bursać, political scientist

Progressives in a situation with no favorable way out

"I would like us to remember this feeling. This will never be a functioning democracy without active citizens, people who are willing to sacrifice their time and show the people in power what they think. However this ends, we need to remember what it looks like to be an active citizen. The government then reacts. It will not be good to let the political elites finish this. Power without control turns into absolute power, we have seen that in this country many times in a couple of decades. The institutions are weak, the civil sector is not really capable of such a thing, we all know what the media are like - there is no one to be that controller except the citizens themselves."

Project Jadar

Lithium divides Serbia, but Vučić has his 47 percent

The question of whether Vučić's regime's approval rating dropped after he took the position of Rio Tinto promoter is widely in the public's focus, especially after the mass demonstrations in mid-summer.

Effects of protest

"The opposition should focus on the spring local elections"

The story of irregularities in the December elections should be less important for the opposition than the upcoming local elections, says political scientist Dejan Bursać for "Vreme". Because, as he says, victory over the ruling parties is possible in many cities and municipalities

Interview: Dejan Bursać, political analyst

The government is campaigning, the opposition is in a "bubble"

"I believe that divisions irritate voters and that they do not make too many differences between the individual parties of the civil opposition, therefore I think that one column is certainly more logical, provided that there are no public divisions within it, and that, as we can see, is not certain. All this creates a problem for the public image of the opposition. If you cannot show people that you are able to seriously and competently lead the pre-election coalition, why do you expect them to trust you to lead the country"