Serbian student movement eyes power after election triumph
Emotions ran high in Belgrade on Monday after a student-led movement upset the right-wing populist Aleksandar Vucic's party in Serbia's snap election.
- High turnout and gathering tensions marked the highly contested parliamentary election that was a showdown between Vucic and university students.
- The populist right-wing leader of 12 years says it is "clear" his party has lost the vote billed as a referendum on the country's future.
- FRANCE 24's Mark Owen speaks with researchers and political activist Aleksandar Matković.
Emotions ran high in Belgrade on Monday after a student-led movement upset the right-wing populist Aleksandar Vucic's party in Serbia's snap election.
Many wore badges and other symbols of the student movement, while a large group of residents spent the day cleaning up a park between parliament and the presidency after Vucic loyalists, who had camped there for more than a year, fled.
A celebratory mood gripped the capital, with drivers honking their horns and passers-by holding up three fingers -- the winning list's ballot number and a Serbian greeting.
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