There's more chance of early elections in Serbia being held after the summer than during the spring, Center for Free Elections and Democracy (CeSID) Executive Director Bojan Klacar told Prva TV. Explaining the reasons for this, Klacar said there was no visible progress on Kosovo that could speed up the dynamics around elections, while the opposition "has taken a firm stance to boycott elections, which is not a good solution for the (ruling) Serbian Progressive Party (SNS)." He added some kind of dialogue between the government and the opposition should be established before the elections.

Executive Director of the Centre for Free Elections and Democracy (CESID) Bojan Klacar said it would not be a surprise if extraordinary parliamentary elections in Serbia take place later this year, BETA news agency reported. He also opined that extraordinary parliamentary elections could be postponed in order to find a way and have extraordinary local elections also organized. “It seems hardly sustainable to have extraordinary parliamentary elections this year, and the local elections next year.