Serbia Centre
Serbia Centre Србија центар | |
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| Abbreviation | SRCE |
| President | Zdravko Ponoš |
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| Parliamentary leader | Zdravko Ponoš |
| Founder | Zdravko Ponoš |
| Founded | 26 June 2022 |
| Registered | 12 July 2023 |
| Split from | People's Party |
| Headquarters | Stojana Protića 48, Belgrade |
| Ideology | Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Centre |
| Parliamentary group | Serbia Centre |
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| National Assembly | 8 / 250 |
| Assembly of Vojvodina | 4 / 120 |
| City Assembly of Belgrade | 0 / 110 |
| Website | |
| srce-org | |
Serbia Centre (Serbian: Србија центар, romanized: Srbija centar, abbr. SRCE, lit. 'heart') is a centrist political party in Serbia. It is led by Zdravko Ponoš, former chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces from 2006 to 2008.
Ponoš was the presidential candidate of the United for the Victory of Serbia alliance in the 2022 presidential election. Shortly after the election, SRCE was formed as a split from the People's Party. It became a registered political party in July 2023, after which it became a member of the Serbia Against Violence coalition that contested the parliamentary, Vojvodina provincial, and Belgrade City Assembly elections in December 2023. In those elections, SRCE gained representation in all bodies. However, they lost representation in the City Assembly of Belgrade because they boycotted the 2024 Belgrade City Assembly election.
SRCE is opposed to the ruling Serbian Progressive Party and supports the accession of Serbia to the European Union. It supports fighting climate change, increasing child allowance, and the reform of the pension system. Since the beginning of the student-led anti-corruption protests, SRCE has voiced its support for the students and have called for early parliamentary elections and the formation of a transitional government as an end to the crisis started by the protests.