{{Short description|Political party in Serbia}} {{EngvarB|date=December 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox political party | name = Civic Democratic Forum | native_name = Građanski demokratski forum<br/ >Грађански демократски форум | native_name_lang = sr | abbreviation = GDF | colorcode = {{party color|Civic Democratic Forum}} | logo = Civic Democratic Forum logo.png | foundation = {{start date|2019|03|02|df=y}} | split = [[Movement of Free Citizens (Serbia)|Movement of Free Citizens]] | president = [[Zoran Vuletić (Serbian politician)|Zoran Vuletić]] | founder = [[Aleksandar Olenik]] | headquarters = Birčaninova 2A, [[Belgrade]] | position = [[Centrism|Centre]] | ideology = [[Liberalism]]<br>[[Atlanticism]]<br>[[Pro-Europeanism]] | colors = {{ubl|{{colorbox|{{party color|Civic Democratic Forum}}|border=silver}} Purple|{{colorbox|#E1680D|border=silver}} Orange}} | seats1_title = [[National Assembly (Serbia)|National Assembly]] | seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|250|{{party color|Civic Democratic Forum}}}} | seats2_title = [[Assembly of Vojvodina]] | seats2 = {{Composition bar|0|120|{{party color|Civic Democratic Forum}}}} | seats3_title = [[City Assembly of Belgrade]] | seats3 = {{Composition bar|0|110|{{party color|Civic Democratic Forum}}}} | website = {{URL|gdf.org.rs}} | country = Serbia }}
'''Civic Democratic Forum''' ({{langx|sr|Грађански демократски форум|Građanski Demokratski forum}}, abbr. '''GDF''') is a [[Liberalism|liberal]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Oprijan |first1=Bojana |title=Gdje je nestala građanska opcija u (pred)izbornoj Srbiji |url=https://balkans.aljazeera.net/teme/2022/3/10/gdje-je-nestala-gradjanska-opcija-u-predizbornoj-srbiji |website=Al Jazeera Balkans |language=bs}}</ref> [[List of political parties in Serbia|political party]] in [[Serbia]]. It was founded in 2019 by former members of the [[Movement of Free Citizens (Serbia)|Movement of Free Citizens]] (PSG).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Komazec |first=Marija |date=2 March 2019 |title=Osnovan Građanski demokratski forum |url=https://rs.n1info.com/vesti/a464709-Osnovan-Gradjanski-demokratski-forum/ |access-date=27 February 2022 |website=N1 |language=sr-RS}}</ref> It has positioned itself as a party that opposes the rule of [[Aleksandar Vučić]], although it has also criticised other opposition parties.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Mladenov Jovanović |first=Srđan |date=2020 |title=A New Political Scarecrow? The Political Program and Activity of the "Serbian Right" |url=https://hrcak.srce.hr/248818 |journal=Suvremene Teme |volume=11 |issue=1 |pages=11–26 |doi=10.46917/st.11.1.1|doi-access=free }}</ref>
== History == When [[Saša Janković]] resigned as president of Movement of Free Citizens, candidates for his successor were actor [[Sergej Trifunović]] and Aleksandar Olenik. The interim president was Rade Veljanovski. When Trifunović won with 60% of the vote, Veljanovski, Olenik, and several other members left the movement. On 2 March 2019, they formed Civic Democratic Forum.<ref name=":0" />
In April 2019, they signed an cooperation agreement with [[Party of Modern Serbia]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 April 2019 |title=Još jedno cepanje pa spajanje u opoziciji, stručnjaci kažu da to zbunjuje birače |url=https://rs.n1info.com/vesti/a473093-Jos-jedno-cepanje-pa-spajanje-u-opoziciji-strucnjaci-kazu-da-to-zbunjuje-birace/ |access-date=27 February 2022 |website=N1 |language=sr-RS}}</ref> Together they issued a statement in which they present a solution for [[Kosovo]]. Their stance is that Serbia should [[Partition of Kosovo|exchange territories with Kosovo]] and recognise its independence.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 May 2019 |title=Olenik i Stojanović predstavili dva modela rešenja za Kosovo |url=https://rs.n1info.com/vesti/a486980-Olenik-i-Stojanovic-predstavili-dva-modela-resenja-za-Kosovo/ |access-date=27 February 2022 |website=N1 |language=sr-RS}}</ref>
In February 2020, the party formed a "European bloc" with the Party of Modern Serbia and [[League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina]]''.''<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 February 2020 |title=Vojvođanski front, SMS, GDF i Slobodno Pančevo formiraju Evropski blok |url=https://rs.n1info.com/vesti/a566690-Vojvodjanski-front-SMS-GDF-i-Slobodno-Pancevo-formiraju-Evropski-blok/ |access-date=27 February 2022 |website=N1 |language=sr-RS}}</ref> It was also consisted of the newly-formed [[Serbia 21]], and they announced their participation in the [[2020 Serbian parliamentary election]] under the [[United Democratic Serbia]] banner. It failed to pass the electoral threshold after winning less than 1% of the vote.
It kept close ties to the [[Together for Serbia]] political party and its leader [[Nebojša Zelenović]] until early 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 October 2020 |title=Zajedno za Srbiju i Građanski demokratski forum potpisali sporazum o saradnji |url=https://rs.n1info.com/vesti/a663093-Zajedno-za-Srbiju-i-Gradjanski-demokratski-forum-potpisali-sporazum-o-saradnji/ |access-date=27 February 2022 |website=N1 |language=sr-RS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Serbia: Liberal views on the new Government in Serbia |url=https://www.freiheit.org/western-balkans/liberal-views-new-government-serbia |access-date=27 February 2022 |website=www.freiheit.org |date=10 November 2020 |language=en}}</ref> It did not participate in the [[2022 Serbian general election|2022 general election]], and instead, it stated its support for the [[We Must (Serbia)|We Must]] coalition.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Radovanović |first=Vojin |date=14 March 2022 |title=Vuletić (GDF): Tadić nije bio spreman na sopstveni reset, podršku dajemo ''Moramo'' i Biljani Stojković |url=https://www.danas.rs/vesti/politika/izbori22/vuletic-gdf-tadic-nije-bio-spreman-na-sopstveni-reset-podrsku-dajemo-moramo-i-biljani-stojkovic/ |access-date=14 March 2022 |website=Danas |language=sr-RS}}</ref>
== Presidents of the Civic Democratic Forum == {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center |- ! {{abbr|No.|Number}} ! colspan="2"| President ! Birth–Death ! Term start ! Term end |- ! style="background:{{party color|Civic Democratic Forum}}; color:white;" | 1 | [[Aleksandar Olenik]] || [[File:Aleksandar Olenik.jpg|70px]] || 1973– || 2 March 2019 || 3 October 2020 |- ! style="background:{{party color|Civic Democratic Forum}}; color:white;" | 2 | [[Zoran Vuletić (Serbian politician)|Zoran Vuletić]] || [[File:Zoran Vuletić.jpg|70px]] || 1970– || 3 October 2020 || Incumbent |}
== Electoral performance == === Parliamentary elections === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+[[National Assembly of Serbia]] ! Year ! Leader ! Popular vote ! % of popular vote ! # of seats ! Change ! Coalition ! rowspan="1" |Government |- ! [[2020 Serbian parliamentary election|2020]] | [[Aleksandar Olenik]] | 30,591 | 0.99% | {{Composition bar|0|250|{{party color|Civic Democratic Forum}}}} | {{steady}} 0 | [[United Democratic Serbia|UDS]] | style="background:#ddd;"| Extra-parliamentary |- ! [[2022 Serbian general election|2022]] | rowspan="2"| [[Zoran Vuletić (Serbian politician)|Zoran Vuletić]] | colspan="2" |''Did not participate'' | {{Composition bar|0|250|{{party color|Civic Democratic Forum}}}} | {{steady}} 0 | | style="background:#ddd;"| Extra-parliamentary |- ! [[2023 Serbian parliamentary election|2023]] | 5,462 | 0.15% | {{Composition bar|0|250|{{party color|Civic Democratic Forum}}}} | {{steady}} 0 | SNZ | {{No|Extra-parliamentary}} |}
=== Belgrade City Assembly elections === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+[[City Assembly of Belgrade]] ! Year ! Leader ! Popular vote ! % of popular vote ! # of seats ! Seat change ! Coalition ! Status |- ! [[2022 Belgrade City Assembly election|2022]] | rowspan="3"| [[Zoran Vuletić (Serbian politician)|Zoran Vuletić]] | colspan="2"| ''Did not participate'' | {{Composition bar|0|110|{{party color|Civic Democratic Forum}}}} | {{decrease}} 6 | – | {{no|Extra-parliamentary}} |- ! [[2023 Belgrade City Assembly election|2023]] | 2,324 | 0.25% | {{Composition bar|0|250|{{party color|New Party (Serbia)}}}} | {{steady}} 0 | [[New Party (Serbia)|Nova–D2SP]]–GDF–Libdem–Glas | {{No|Extra-parliamentary}} |- ! [[2024 Belgrade City Assembly election|2024]] | colspan="2"| ''Did not participate'' | {{Composition bar|0|110|{{party color|Civic Democratic Forum}}}} | {{steady}} 0 | – | {{no|Extra-parliamentary}} |}
=== Presidential elections === {| class="wikitable" |+[[President of Serbia]] ! Election year ! # ! Candidate ! 1st round votes ! % ! 2nd round votes ! % ! Elected ! Notes |- ! [[2022 Serbian general election|2022]] | | [[Biljana Stojković]] | | | | | | Support |}
== See also == {{portal|Serbia|Liberalism}} * [[List of political parties in Serbia]]
== References == {{reflist}}
{{Serbia-party-stub}} {{Serbian political parties}} [[Category:2019 establishments in Serbia]] [[Category:Political parties established in 2019]] [[Category:Centrist parties in Serbia]] [[Category:Pro-European political parties in Serbia]] [[Category:Liberal parties in Serbia]]