National Gathering Национално окупљање Nacionalno okupljanje | |
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| Abbreviation | NO |
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| Founded | 4 October 2023 |
| Dissolved | 30 December 2023 |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Far-right |
| Colours | Blue |
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National Gathering[a] (Serbian Cyrillic: Национално окупљање, romanized: Nacionalno okupljanje, abbr. NO), initially known as the Serbian State-Building Bloc (Serbian Cyrillic: Српски државотворни блок, romanized: Srpski državotvorni blok, abbr. SDB), was a far-right political coalition in Serbia, composed of Serbian Party Oathkeepers (SSZ) and Dveri. Formed in October 2023, the NO took part in the parliamentary, Vojvodina provincial, and Belgrade City Assembly elections, all of which were held on 17 December 2023.
During the campaign period, the NO was represented by Boško Obradović, the president of Dveri, Milica Đurđević Stamenkovski, the president of SSZ, and Ratko Ristić, the coalition's mayoral candidate for Belgrade. The election coalition was unsuccessful; it failed to cross the threshold and lost all of its representation in the bodies. It was dissolved shortly afterwards. Despite not having any representation, SSZ joined the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS)-led government in May 2024.
An ultranationalist coalition, the NO was critical of the ruling SNS. It opposed the Ohrid Agreement, the independence of Kosovo, and the accession of Serbia to the European Union and NATO; instead, it proposed closer relations with Russia, China, and the BRICS. NO received support from the far-right Alternative for Germany, and it also organised a gathering with the Hungarian Our Homeland Movement and Bulgarian Revival parties.
- ^ Burazer, Nikola; Ivković, Aleksandar; Popović, Sofija; Maričić, Jovana (March 2024). "Serbian Elections 2023: The Fall of Democratic Facade" (PDF). Friedrich Ebert Foundation. p. 5. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
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