Vucic: elections this year, SNS rally on June 27
President Aleksandar Vucic says elections will be held this year and that his party's central rally will take place in Belgrade on June 27.
- Vucic insists elections will be held this year and rejects talk of a delay into next year.
- Rallies are planned across Serbia from June 26 to 28, around Vidovdan.
- The central gathering is set for June 27 in Belgrade, in the afternoon and evening.
- A programme, personnel choices and a development direction are to be presented.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on May 30, 2026 that elections will be held this year, rejecting claims that the vote is being pushed back into next year. Speaking to TV Informer, he announced that the governing party would stage a series of events across Serbia from June 26 to 28, around Vidovdan, with the central rally taking place in Belgrade.
Asked whether the vote was being moved to next year, Vucic was emphatic. “No, it will be this year, as I promised,” the president said. With that, he set a clear timeframe around which the political calendar will turn over the summer.
What has been announced for late June
The central event is scheduled for June 27 in Belgrade, in the afternoon and evening, while the accompanying rallies begin a day earlier and run until June 28. Vucic said the occasion would be used to present a programme, personnel choices and a direction for Serbia’s development, shifting the run of gatherings firmly into a pre-election register.
Vidovdan is no accidental choice of date. It carries symbolic weight in Serbian public life, and tying a party rally to that period gives the event extra visibility in the corridors of power and in the media.
What happens after the rally?
In the same appearance, the president also raised two economic and diplomatic moves that he placed in a wider context. He spoke of talks with a Chinese company over the creation of 3,000 jobs, and of a visit by European Council President Antonio Costa in early June. Both items, the jobs announcement and the high-level visit from Brussels, fall into the window just before the announced rally.
No firm election date was given, which leaves open the question of whether the June 27 rally will also produce a precise decision on the timing of the vote, or remain a presentation of programme and personnel. The announcement nonetheless sets a clear timeframe for an autumn election cycle.
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