Civic Democratic Forum ( sr, Грађански демократски форум, Građanski Demokratski forum, GDF) is a
liberal political party
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...
in
Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hung ...
. It was founded in 2019 by former members of the
Movement of Free Citizens (PSG).
It has positioned itself as a party that opposes the rule of
Aleksandar Vučić
Aleksandar Vučić ( sr-Cyrl, Александар Вучић, ; born 5 March 1970) is a Serbian politician serving as the president of Serbia since 2017, and as the president of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) since 2012.
Vučić serv ...
, although it has also criticized other opposition parties.
History
When
Saša Janković
Saša Janković ( sr-cyr, Саша Јанковић, ; born 27 April 1970) is a Serbian lawyer, journalist, human rights activist and politician who served as the National Ombudsman of the Republic of Serbia between 2007 and 2017. He resigned his ...
resigned as president of Movement of Free Citizens, candidates for his successor were actor
Sergej Trifunović
Sergej Trifunović ( sr-cyr, Сергеј Трифуновић, ; born 2 September 1972) is a Serbian actor, comedian, singer, politician and citizen activist. and Aleksandar Olenik. The interim president was Rade Veljanovski. When Trifunović won with 60% of the vote, Veljanovski, Olenik, and several other members left the movement. On 2 March 2019, they formed Civic Democratic Forum.
In April 2019, they signed an cooperation agreement with
Party of Modern Serbia. Together they issued a statement in which they present a solution for
Kosovo
Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Eur ...
. Their stance is that Serbia should
exchange territories with Kosovo and recognize its independence.
In February 2020, the party formed a "European bloc" with the Party of Modern Serbia and
League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina
The League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina ( sr-cyrl, Лига социјалдемократа Војводине, Liga socijaldemokrata Vojvodine, LSV) is an autonomist political party in Serbia. Its current leader since 19 November 2022 is Bo ...
''.'' It was also consisted of the newly-formed
Serbia 21, and they announced their participation in the
2020 Serbian parliamentary election under the
United Democratic Serbia banner. It failed to pass the electoral threshold after winning less than 1% of the vote.
It kept close ties to the
Together for Serbia
Together for Serbia ( sr-cyrl, Заједно за Србију, Zajedno za Srbiju, ZZS) was a centre-left political party in Serbia. It was formed by Dušan Petrović in 2012, and he led the party until 2016, when he was succeeded by Nebojš ...
political party and its leader
Nebojša Zelenović until early 2021.
It did not participate in the
2022 general election
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, and instead, it stated its support for the
We Must coalition.
Presidents of the Civic Democratic Forum
Electoral performance
Parliamentary elections
Belgrade City Assembly elections
Presidential elections
See also
*
List of political parties in Serbia
This article lists political parties in Serbia, including former parties that existed in the Kingdom of Serbia between the early 1860s and 1918.
The Kingdom of Serbia operated under the multi-party system until 1918 when it became Kingdom of Serb ...
References
{{Serbian political parties
2019 establishments in Serbia
Political parties established in 2019
Centrist parties in Serbia
Pro-European political parties in Serbia
Liberal parties in Serbia