Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic confirmed that Serbia will hold early parliamentary elections on October 25, after the government asked him to dissolve parliament and call a vote. He said he would formally announce the dissolution and election call on Wednesday. The ruling Serbian Progressive Party decided that Vucic will lead the United Serbia alliance electoral list and nominated him for prime minister. The election would come nearly two years before the scheduled December 2027 vote, following prolonged student-led protests and anti-corruption demonstrations. Vucic has led Serbia as president or prime minister for 12 years and has faced protests since a concrete canopy collapsed at a railway station in Novi Sad in November 2024, killing 16 people. The opposition and protesters accuse him and his allies of violence against political opponents, corruption, links to organized crime and restricting media freedoms, allegations they deny.