The party was formed in June 2022 as a merger ofTogether for Serbia,Ecological Uprising, and Assembly of Free Serbia, which were member parties of theWe Must electoral alliance that took part in theApril 2022 general elections. During 2023, it was an organiser ofmass anti-government protests, which were held between May and November. Jovanović, one of the original co-presidents, left Together with other Ecological Uprising members due to internal disagreements in September 2023. Despite theSerbia Against Violence coalition winning 65 seats in the National Assembly in the2023 parliamentary election, Together did not win any and thus lost representation. In December 2024, the party merged into theDemocratic Party.
Ćuta said that they would continue cooperating with NDB but that they would form separateparliamentary groups in the National Assembly.[2][3] Zelenović announced that the party would be led by three co-presidents and that its members of the City Assembly of Belgrade would also have influence on how the party would work.[4] Its founding assembly was held on 11 June 2022, at which its members and co-presidents announced their political ambitions and the name of the party, Together (Zajedno).[5]
After Together's establishment, Zelenović announced that it would begin a "green campaign" (zelena kampanja) somewhere in June.[6] The campaign, named "Green Wave" (zeleni talas), began on 23 June 2022.[7] A week later, Together organised a meeting at which it invited former members of the Moramo andUnited for the Victory of Serbia (UZPS) electoral alliances.[8]Zdravko Ponoš, who was the presidential candidate of the UZPS alliance,Party of Freedom and Justice (SSP), andMovement of Free Citizens (PSG) eventually participated in the meeting, at which they discussed establishing closer parliamentary connections.[8][9] In July, Together stated its support for an environmental protest that was organised inNovi Sad.[10] The protest turned violent when an unnamed group of people beat demonstrators withbatons;[11] Together condemned the violence.[12]
Along with NDB andPeople's Party, Together co-nominatedZoran Lutovac of theDemocratic Party (DS) for the post of the vice-president of the National Assembly; Lutovac was elected during its first session on 2 August.[13][14] A month later, its offices in Novi Sad were attacked by an unknown man;[15] a group of masked men attacked members of Together atPetrovaradin in April 2023.[16] In December 2022, Together announced that it would organise an internal election to elect its ballot representative for a potential snap election and ultimately the candidate for the position ofmayor of Belgrade, to be held from 27 February to 4 March 2023.[17][18] Together also demanded early elections for the City Assembly to be held in Belgrade.[19] In total, seven candidates registered themselves;Đorđe Miketić, a member of the National Assembly, won the competition.[20]
Together signed an agreement withSolidarity in January 2023, after which Solidarity became a part of Together.[21][22] Later in April 2023, Together also established connections withSerbia Centre (SRCE), led by Ponoš.[23][24] Following theBelgrade school shooting andMladenovac and Smederevo shootings in May 2023, Together has taken part in themass anti-government protests as one of its organisers.[25][26] In August 2023, Together, DS, and SRCE signed a cooperation agreement.[27] Ćuta and other EU members left Together in September 2023, citing their internal disagreements with Miketić and Zelenović.[28] Together became part of theSerbia Against Violence (SPN) coalition in October 2023, a coalition of political parties organising the 2023 protests.[29] SPN announced that it would contest theparliamentary,Vojvodina provincial, andBelgrade City Assembly elections, all scheduled for 17 December 2023.[30][31] In the parliamentary election, SPN won 65 seats, though considering that the first Together candidate was placed in the 70th position, Together lost all of its representation in the National Assembly.[32]
After the 2023 elections, SPN organisedanti-government protests until 30 December.[33][34] Although Together won representation in the City Assembly of Belgrade, the Assembly was not constituted because quorum was not met during the constitutive session.[35] Anew election for 2 June was then called.[36] Together opposed participation in the new election on the grounds that electoral conditions have not changed.[37][38] This position was also held by SRCE and SSP.[37] This ultimately led to the dissolution of SPN in April 2024,[39] while local boards of Together in Belgrade, Novi Sad, Niš, and Pančevo disassociated themselves from the party due to the decision to boycott the election.[40] The Novi Sad board joined PSG in June 2024.[41] In the same month, Stojković announced that Together would form new local boards, due to reports that the party would allegedly go extinct.[42][43]
Shortly afterSrđan Milivojević became the president of DS, it was announced that Together would merge into DS.[44] This was officialised on 27 December 2024.[45]
Together expressed its support for theFiat Serbia workers who protested in June 2022.[58] The workers roadblocked and demanded higher salaries.[59] While attending the protest, Stojković accused the government of not supporting workers rights.[59] A month later, Together came in support of a protest inKrčedin where demonstrators demanded the local government provide them water.[60] In August 2022, Together supported a farmers protest inKragujevac and started an initiative to increase the agricultural budget.[61][62]
Ananti-corruption party, Together has said that "Serbia needs prosecutorial courage like that ofLaura Kövesi" (je Srbiji potrebna "tužilaška hrabrost" poput rumunske tužiteljke Laure Koveši).[63] It was supportive of theaccession of Serbia to the European Union.[54][64] Although it supported the introduction ofsanctions on Russia due to theinvasion of Ukraine,[65][66] Ćuta has distanced himself from the statement since Zelenović announced it in October 2022.[67] Zelenović has also said that "Serbia needs to form a strategic agreement with the West" and has criticisedmilitary neutrality.[68][69] Together had condemned the spraying of theZ military symbol graffiti in Novi Sad in July 2022, saying that the city government should instead "provide all available institutional material assistance to refugees and victims of the [Russian invasion of Ukraine]" (treba da pruži svaku raspoloživu institucionalnu materijalnu pomoć izbeglicama i žrtvama [Ruske invazije na Ukrajinu]).[70]
In August 2022, Together demanded the removal of aChetnik mural that was drawn in an elementary school backyard inŠabac.[71] Later in April 2023, Together expressed its support for banningLeviathan Movement, aneo-fascist organisation.[72][73]
Together was led by co-presidents, this being Stojković, Zelenović, and Jovanović until September 2023.[4][5] During its time in the National Assembly, Zelenović served as the president of its parliamentary group, which had eight members, while Ćuta served as deputy president.[74] In the City Assembly of Belgrade, three members were affiliated, them being Dejan Atanacković,[75] Miloš Baković Jadžić,[76] and Milica Marušić Jablanović.[77][78] Together had ayouth wing named Together Youth.[79]
Its headquarters was located at Nušićeva 6, Belgrade.[80]
Solidarity, which merged into Together in January 2023, became a partner of theParty of the European Left in December 2022.[86] Its representatives took part in a European Left gathering in June 2023.[87] Solidarity left Together in February 2024.[88]
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^"Ponoš najavio osnivanje stranke" [Ponoš announced the formation of his party].Blic (in Serbian). 23 March 2023.Archived from the original on 26 May 2023. Retrieved21 July 2023.
^Šanjević, Ivana (31 August 2022)."Hitne mere za poljoprivredu" [Emergency measures for agriculture].FoNet portal (in Serbian).Archived from the original on 22 July 2023. Retrieved21 July 2023.
^"Srbiji treba Laura Koveši" [Serbia needs Laura Kovesi].NOVA portal (in Serbian). 18 July 2022.Archived from the original on 18 July 2022. Retrieved21 July 2023.
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