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Serbia Centre

political organisation in Serbia

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ113511499 ↗
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Serbia Centre (Serbian: Србија центар, romanised: Srbija centar, abbr. SRCE, lit. 'heart') is a centrist political party in Serbia. It is led by Zdravko Ponoš, the 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.

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Serbia Centre” is political organisation in Serbia. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Serbia, Centre and political, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2006, 2008, 2022, 2023—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Serbia, Centre and political is the immediate research focus.
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