Together for Serbia Заједно за Србију Zajedno za Srbiju | |
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| Abbreviation | ZZS |
| President | Dušan Petrović (2012–2016) Nebojša Zelenović (2016–2022) |
| Founder | Dušan Petrović |
| Founded | 25 February 2013 |
| Dissolved | 11 June 2022 (2022-06-11) |
| Split from | Democratic Party |
| Merged into | Together |
| Headquarters | Belgrade |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-left[5] |
| Colours | Green |
| Website | |
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Together for Serbia (Serbian Cyrillic:Заједно за Србију,romanized: Zajedno za Srbiju,ZZS) was acentre-leftpolitical party inSerbia. It was formed byDušan Petrović in 2012, and he led the party until 2016, when he was succeeded byNebojša Zelenović.
Party was created by a broken-off fraction of theDemocratic Party (DS) in the aftermath of the2012 elections after which presidentBoris Tadić lost to his opponentTomislav Nikolić and inner arguments maintaint on resulting in early party elections and Tadic's withdrawal from the leadership, settling for an honorary presidential title, in favor ofBelgrade mayorDragan Đilas. A total of 7 MPs left the DS and founded in 2012 the "Together for Serbia" parliamentary club. Its leader is former ministerDušan Petrović.
At the2014 election, ZZS teamed up withBoris Tadić's fraction of the DS in formation[6] and will run on the election in a coalition with theLeague of Social Democrats of Vojvodina (LSV).[7]
In 2018, the Party was one of the founding members of the big tent opposition coalition called theAlliance for Serbia (SzS).[8][9][10] The alliance announced the2020 Serbian parliamentary elections.[11] In May 2019 ZZS formed a union withDemocratic Party (DS) and Tadić'sSDS. On 23 February 2020, Together for Serbia announced that they will participate in the 2020 elections on local (municipal) level, shortly after that Alliance for Serbia's leadership commented that Together for Serbia disqualificated itself from the coalition.[12]
The party keeps close ties and cooperates with the centre-leftDo not let Belgrade drown (NDB),[13] and it has previously had ties with the centristCivic Democratic Forum (GDF).[14][15] In July 2021, ZZS announced that it applied for membership to theEuropean Green Party.[16] The leader of ZZS,Nebojša Zelenović, announced the formation of "Action", a political group built around 28 environmental civic groups that support the "Green Agreement of Serbia", in June 2021.[17] Later during theenvironmental protests in November, Zelenović,Dobrica Veselinović, leader of the NDB andAleksandar Jovanović Ćuta, environmental activist and de facto leader of the protests, have announced the formation of a joint list for the upcominggeneral elections andBelgrade City Assembly election.[18][19] The media dubbed the coalition as "Green-Left bloc".[18][20] The formation was finalized on 19 January, when it was announced to the public that the coalition has been officially formed.[21][22]
Alongside the Assembly of Free Serbia andEcological Uprising, the party was merged intoTogether on 11 June 2022.[23]
| Year | Popular vote | % of popular vote | # of seats | Seat change | Coalition | Status |
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| 2012 | Split fromDemocratic Party | 7 / 250 | New | Opposition | ||
| 2014 | 204,767 | 5.70% | 2 / 250 |  5 | WithNDS-Z-LSV | Opposition |
| 2016 | 227,589 | 6.02% | 1 / 250 | 1 | WithDS-NS-DSHV-ZZŠ | Opposition |
| 2020 | Election boycott | 0 / 250 | 1 | Extra-parliamentary | ||
| 2022 | 178,733 | 4.84% | 4 / 250 |  4 | We Must | Opposition |
| Election year | Candidate | 1st Round | 2nd Round | Results | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # Votes | % Votes | # Votes | % Votes | |||
| 2017[a] | Vuk Jeremić | 206,676 | 5.75% | — | Lost N | |
| 2022 | Biljana Stojković | 122,378 | 3.30% | — | LostN | |
