{{distinguish|text=[[Together (Serbia)]], its successor with a similar name}} {{Short description|Political party in Serbia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}} {{Infobox political party | name = Together for Serbia | native_name = Заједно за Србију<br />Zajedno za Srbiju | native_name_lang = sr | abbreviation = ZZS | logo = Together for Serbia logo.svg | colorcode = {{party color|Together for Serbia}} | president = [[Dušan Petrović]]<br />(2012–2016)<br />[[Nebojša Zelenović]]<br />(2016–2022) | founder = Dušan Petrović | foundation = 25 February 2013 | dissolved = {{end date|2022|06|11|df=y}} | split = [[Democratic Party (Serbia)|Democratic Party]] | merged = [[Together (Serbia)|Together]] | headquarters = [[Belgrade]] | ideology = {{ubl|class=nowrap| |[[Green politics]]<ref name="EuropeElects">{{cite web|url=https://europeelects.eu/serbia|title=Serbia|publisher=Europe Elects|date=2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://europeanwesternbalkans.com/2021/07/12/inter-party-dialogue-in-serbia-facilitators-to-a-draft-document-on-electoral-conditions-by-september/|title=Inter-Party Dialogue in Serbia: Facilitators to draft a document on electoral conditions by September|date=12 July 2021|publisher=European Western Balkans}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Beckmann-Dierkes |first1=Norbert |last2=Rankić |first2=Slađan |date=2022-05-13 |title=Parlamentswahlen in Serbien 2022 |language=de |page=3 |work=Konrad Adenauer Foundation |url=https://www.kas.de/documents/252038/16191335/Parlamentswahlen+in+Serbien+2022.pdf/9f87437e-7c29-3460-6039-99acb2b1a9aa?version=1.0&t=1652457721083 |access-date=27 December 2022}}</ref> |[[Pro-Europeanism]]<ref name="EuropeElects"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://bti-project.org/en/reports/country-report/SRB|title=Serbia, Country Report|date=2020|publisher=Beterlsmann Foundation}}</ref>}} | position = [[Centre-left politics|Centre-left]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://industryeurope.com/sectors/metals-mining/serbia-rocked-by-protests-against-pollution-rio-tinto-lithium-mine/|title=Serbia Rocked By Protests Against Pollution & Rio Tinto Lithium Mine|publisher=Industry Europe|date=1 December 2021}}</ref> | colours = {{colorbox|{{party color|Together for Serbia}}|border=darkgray}} Green | european = [[European Greens]] (intention to join) | website = {{URL|zajednozasrbiju.rs}} | country = Serbia }}
'''Together for Serbia''' ({{lang-sr-cyrl|Заједно за Србију|Zajedno za Srbiju}}, '''ZZS''') was a [[Centre-left politics|centre-left]] [[List of political parties in Serbia|political party]] in [[Serbia]]. It was formed by [[Dušan Petrović]] in 2012, and he led the party until 2016, when he was succeeded by [[Nebojša Zelenović]].
==History== Party was created by a broken-off fraction of the [[Democratic Party (Serbia)|Democratic Party]] (DS) in the aftermath of the [[2012 Serbian parliamentary election|2012 elections]] after which president [[Boris Tadić]] lost to his opponent [[Tomislav 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 of [[Belgrade]] mayor [[Dragan Đilas]]. A total of 7 MPs left the DS and founded in 2012 the "Together for Serbia" parliamentary club. Its leader is former minister [[Dušan Petrović]].
At the [[2014 Serbian parliamentary election|2014 election]], ZZS teamed up with [[New Democratic Party (Serbia)|Boris Tadić's fraction of the DS in formation]]<ref name="blok">{{cite web | url=http://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2014&mm=02&dd=05&nav_id=808457 | title=LSV i stranke dogovorile blok | publisher=[[B92]] | date=5 February 2014 | accessdate=29 July 2014 |trans-title=LSV and Other Parties Agreed to Form a Block}}</ref> and will run on the election in a coalition with the [[League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina]] (LSV).<ref name="18stranaka">{{cite web | url=http://www.danas.rs/danasrs/politika/u_parlamentu_18_stranaka.56.html?news_id=278572 | title=U parlamentu 18 stranaka | publisher=[[Danas (newspaper)|Danas]] | date=24 March 2014 | accessdate=29 July 2014 | author=Cvejić, B. |trans-title=18 Parties in the Parliament}}</ref>
In 2018, the Party was one of the founding members of the big tent opposition coalition called the [[Alliance for Serbia]] (SzS).<ref>{{Cite web|title=O nama|url=https://savez-za-srbiju.rs/o-nama/|access-date=2020-06-15|website=Savez za Srbiju|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Tanjug|title=Osnovan Savez za Srbiju, Đilas: Gradićemo Srbiju kao prosperitetnu kuću (VIDEO)|url=https://www.blic.rs/vesti/politika/osnovan-savez-za-srbiju-djilas-gradicemo-srbiju-kao-prosperitetnu-kucu-video/54rxd2b|access-date=2020-06-15|website=Blic.rs|date=2 September 2018 |language=sr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/anti-govt-protests-spreading-across-serbia-01-25-2019|title=Belgrade Protests Start Spreading Across Serbia|website=Balkaninsight.com|date=26 January 2019 |language=en|access-date=2019-01-27}}</ref> The alliance announced the [[2020 Serbian parliamentary election]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Savez za Srbiju definitivno bojkotuje izbore, uspeh neće meriti procentima|url=http://rs.n1info.com/Vesti/a526299/Savez-za-Srbiju-bojkotuje-izbore.html|access-date=2020-06-15|website=N1 Srbija|language=sr-Latn|archive-date=20 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920012226/http://rs.n1info.com/Vesti/a526299/Savez-za-Srbiju-bojkotuje-izbore.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In May 2019 ZZS formed a union with [[Democratic Party (Serbia)|Democratic Party]] (DS) and Tadić's [[Social Democratic Party (Serbia)|SDS]]. 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.<ref name="ZZS1">{{Cite web |url=http://rs.n1info.com/Vesti/a571867/Nebojsa-Zelenovic-izlazi-na-izbore-u-Sapcu.html |title=Zelenović odlučio da izađe na izbore u Šapcu |access-date=23 June 2020 |archive-date=26 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626220523/http://rs.n1info.com/Vesti/a571867/Nebojsa-Zelenovic-izlazi-na-izbore-u-Sapcu.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The party keeps close ties and cooperates with the centre-left [[Do not let Belgrade d(r)own|Do not let Belgrade drown]] (NDB),<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-11|title=Ne davimo Beograd i Zajedno za Srbiju najavili saradnju|url=https://rs.n1info.com/vesti/a670833-Ne-davimo-Beograd-i-Zajedno-za-Srbiju-najavili-saradnju/|access-date=2021-02-01|website=N1|language=sr-RS}}</ref> and it has previously had ties with the centrist [[Civic Democratic Forum]] (GDF).<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-21|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=2021-02-01|website=N1|language=sr-RS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-01-19|title=Zelenović nosilac parlamentarne liste, Veselinović beogradske|url=https://www.danas.rs/vesti/politika/zajedno-za-srbiju-ne-davimo-beograd-i-ekoloski-ustanak-ozvanicili-koaliciju-moramo/|access-date=2022-01-20|website=Danas|language=sr-RS}}</ref> In July 2021, ZZS announced that it applied for membership to the [[European Green Party]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-07-04|title=ZZS aplicirala za članstvo u EGP|url=http://nebojsazelenovic.rs/zzs-aplikacija-egp/|access-date=2021-07-05|website=AKCIJA! - Otvorena građanska platforma|language=sr-RS}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-05|title=Osnovana otvorena građanska platforma "Akcija"|url=https://www.danas.rs/vesti/politika/osnovana-gradjanska-platforma-akcija/|access-date=2022-01-19|website=Danas|language=sr-RS}}</ref> Later during the [[2021–2022 Serbian environmental protests|environmental protests]] in November, Zelenović, [[Dobrica Veselinović]], leader of the NDB and [[Aleksandar Jovanović Ćuta]], environmental activist and de facto leader of the protests, have announced the formation of a joint list for the upcoming [[2022 Serbian general election|general elections]] and [[2022 Belgrade City Assembly election|Belgrade City Assembly election]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2021-11-14|title=Zelenović i Ćuta potpisali sporazum, "zeleno-levi" blok izlazi na izbore|url=https://rs.n1info.com/vesti/zelenovic-i-cuta-potpisali-sporazum-zeleno-levi-blok-izlazi-na-izbore/|access-date=2022-01-19|website=N1|language=sr-RS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=FoNet|date=2021-11-14|title=Sporazum Zelenovića i Jovanovića: Zeleno-levi blok za izbore|url=https://www.euronews.rs/srbija/politika/25131/sporazum-zelenovica-i-jovanovica-zeleno-levi-blok-za-izbore/vest|access-date=2022-01-19|website=Euronews.rs|language=sr}}</ref> The media dubbed the coalition as "Green-Left bloc".<ref name=":1"/><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-11-14|title=Zelenović: "Zeleno - levi" blok nudi građanima da zajedno zaštitimo prirodu|url=https://nova.rs/emisije/zelenovic-zeleno-levi-blok-nudi-gradjanima-da-zajedno-zastitimo-prirodu/|access-date=2022-01-19|website=NOVA portal|language=sr-RS|archive-date=19 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119233104/https://nova.rs/emisije/zelenovic-zeleno-levi-blok-nudi-gradjanima-da-zajedno-zastitimo-prirodu/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The formation was finalized on 19 January, when it was announced to the public that the coalition has been officially formed.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=2022-01-19|title=Formirana zeleno-leva koalicija "Moramo"|url=https://nova.rs/vesti/politika/formirana-zeleno-leva-koalicija-moramo/|access-date=2022-01-19|website=NOVA portal|language=sr-RS}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|date=2022-01-19|title=Zajedno za Srbiju, Ne davimo Beograd i Ekološki ustanak u koaliciji "Moramo"|url=https://www.021.rs/story/Info/Srbija/295536/Zajedno-za-Srbiju-Ne-davimo-Beograd-i-Ekoloski-ustanak-u-koaliciji-Moramo.html|access-date=2022-01-19|website=www.021.rs|language=sr}}</ref>
Alongside the Assembly of Free Serbia and [[Ecological Uprising]], the party was merged into [[Together (Serbia)|Together]] on 11 June 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-11 |title=Članice koalicije "Moramo" se ujedinile u "Zajedno" - stranku bez lidera |url=https://rs.n1info.com/vesti/clanice-koalicije-moramo-se-ujedinile-u-stranku-zajedno/ |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=N1 |language=sr-RS}}</ref>
==Electoral results== ===Parliamentary elections=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" |+ [[National Assembly of Serbia]] ! Year ! Popular vote ! % of popular vote ! # of seats ! Seat change ! Coalition ! Status |- ! [[2012 Serbian parliamentary election|2012]] | colspan=2|''Split from [[Democratic Party (Serbia)|Democratic Party]]'' | {{Composition bar|7|250|{{party color|Together for Serbia}}}} | New | | {{no2|Opposition}} |- ! [[2014 Serbian parliamentary election|2014]] | 204,767 | 5.70% | {{Composition bar|2|250|{{party color|Together for Serbia}}}} | {{decrease}} 5 | <small>With [[Social Democratic Party (Serbia)|NDS]]-[[Greens of Serbia|Z]]-[[League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina|LSV]]</small> | {{no2|Opposition}} |- ! [[2016 Serbian parliamentary election|2016]] | 227,589 | 6.02% | {{Composition bar|1|250|{{party color|Together for Serbia}}}} | {{decrease}} 1 | <small>With [[Democratic Party (Serbia)|DS]]-[[New Party (Serbia)|NS]]-[[Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina|DSHV]]-[[Together for Šumadija|ZZŠ]]</small> | {{no2|Opposition}} |- ! [[2020 Serbian parliamentary election|2020]] | colspan=2 style="background:#ddd;| Election boycott | {{Composition bar|0|250|{{party color|Together for Serbia}}}} | {{decrease}} 1 | | {{no|Extra-parliamentary}} |- ! [[2022 Serbian general election|2022]] | 178,733 | 4.84% | {{Composition bar|4|250|{{party color|Together for Serbia}}}} | {{increase}} 4 | [[We Must (Serbia)|We Must]] | {{no2|Opposition}} |}
===Presidential elections=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! rowspan=2| Election year ! rowspan=2| Candidate ! colspan=2| 1st Round ! colspan=2| 2nd Round ! rowspan=2| Results |- ! # Votes ! % Votes ! # Votes ! % Votes |- ! [[2017 Serbian presidential election|2017]]{{efn|Supported [[Vuk Jeremić]] as independent candidate.}} | [[Vuk Jeremić]] | 206,676 | 5.75% | colspan=2 {{N/A}} | '''Lost''' {{N}} |- ! [[2022 Serbian presidential election|2022]] | [[Biljana Stojković]] | 122,378 | 3.30% | colspan=2 {{N/A}} | '''Lost''' {{N}} |} {{Notelist}}
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Serbian political parties}} [[Category:2013 establishments in Serbia]] [[Category:2022 disestablishments in Serbia]] [[Category:Centre-left parties in Europe]] [[Category:Green political parties in Serbia]] [[Category:Defunct political parties in Serbia]] [[Category:Pro-European political parties in Serbia]] [[Category:Political parties established in 2013]] [[Category:Political parties disestablished in 2022]] [[Category:Democratic Party (Serbia) breakaway groups]]