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Serbia's student movement weighs a banker and a basketball star for prime minister after ousting Vucic in a snap election

Aleksandar Vucic, whose Serbian Progressive Party's defeat ends Moscow's closest European alliance after Hungary's Viktor Orbán fell in April.
Aleksandar Vucic, whose Serbian Progressive Party's defeat ends Moscow's closest European alliance after Hungary's Viktor Orbán fell in April.

Vucic conceded defeat in a national address, saying "it is clear we have lost these elections." The movement now faces the task of forming a government with no clear political programme, selecting a prime minister from a shortlist that includes economists, a banker and a former basketball star. Critics warn the Student List's vague agenda risks instability.

The movement was born two years ago after a canopy collapse killed 16 people outside Novi Sad railway station, with protesters blaming corruption and government negligence.

Ana Brnabic, vice president of Vucic's party, warned the movement had "neither a programme nor a coherent political ideology" and that "grim consequences will soon become apparent."

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