Serbia Centre
Serbia Centre (, abbr. SRCE) is a political party in Serbia. It is led by Zdravko Ponoš. History

Formation 
Zdravko Ponoš, a member and former vice-president of the People's Party (Narodna), was a candidate in the 2022 Serbian presidential election, on behalf of the United for the Victory of Serbia coalition. He placed second, winning 18% of the popular vote, behind incumbent president Aleksandar Vučić. Following the election, he left Narodna and announced that he would work on creating a movement or a political party. Serbia Centre (SRCE) was founded on 26 June 2022, while it was officially presented to the public on 6 July 2022. 2022–present 
Since its inception, it has cooperated with the Democratic Party (DS), Together, and Green–Left Front opposition parties. Its offices in Vranje were attacked by an unknown group of assailants in February 2023. SRCE has supported the mass protests that began after the Belgrade school shooting and Mladenovac and Smederevo shootings in May 2023. In August 2023, SRCE, DS, and Together signed a cooperation agreement. SRCE became part of the Serbia Against Violence coalition in October 2023, a coalition of political parties organising the 2023 protests. Ideology and platform 
SRCE is a centrist organisation, a description which it uses to describe itself. According to Dušan Spasojević, a professor at the Faculty of Political Sciences, during the 2022 electoral campaign Ponoš had "quite unclear positions about key issues, but a shift to the left has been noticeable" since the formation of SRCE. It is opposed to the ruling Serbian Progressive Party and it has expressed support for cooperation between opposition parties. Following the Belgrade school shooting and Mladenovac and Smederevo shootings, SRCE has expressed its support for the formation of a transitional government. SRCE supports the accession of Serbia to the European Union. In regards to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it supports "stepping away from what Russia is doing". According to Marko Vujić, an assistant at the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Belgrade, SRCE is a "climate responsible" organisation that has an elaborate strategy to fight climate change. SRCE supports declaring milk as a strategic product for Serbia and adopting measures that would revive the milk production sector. It has criticised the government's approach towards workers at Zastava Arms in January 2023. Organisation 
SRCE is led by Ponoš, its founder, who was re-elected at its assembly in October 2023. Duško Lopandić, Mihailo Brkić, Bojan Dimitrijević, Slobodan Cvejić, Tatjana Marković Topalović, and Tijana Perić Diligenski serve as vice-presidents of SRCE. Its headquarters is at Stojana Protića 48, Belgrade. Ponoš announced in March 2023 that SRCE would begin collecting signatures to register as a political party. In June 2023, SRCE announced that they had collected 10,000 signatures that are needed for the registration. On 12 July 2023, it was registered as political party. List of presidents

References

External links 

 Official website

2022 establishments in Serbia
Centrist parties in Serbia
People's Party (Serbia, 2017) breakway groups
Political organizations based in Serbia
Political parties established in 2022
Pro-European political parties in Serbia