Aleksandar Vučić resigns as Serbia's president to run for prime minister in the snap election of 25 October
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the same fact, two accounts
this subject is more divergent than 1% of the subjects analysed
GermanyBerlin sees Aleksandar Vučić's resignation as a clever circumvention of the constitutional limit of two presidential terms, rather than a withdrawal from power.
What each one tells
same framing
BelgiumBrussels is deciphering the move: a president who is trading in his seat for a more powerful position, on the eve of an anticipated legislative election marked by student protests.
- Germany
Critical framing of the current power
the newspaper itself describes Vučić as a politician "partly autocratic", rather than reporting this judgment as an accusation from a third party.
Relying on unidentified sources
the accusation of an authoritarian style of government is attributed to "human rights advocacy groups" without any specific organization being named.
What the account puts first
Belgiumfocused on the political maneuver
the narrative highlights the outgoing president's strategy for staying in power rather than the content of the electoral program.
Omission of the European dimension
Serbia's candidacy to the Union is mentioned without being developed in the available narrative.
- Germany
this perspective does not carry this information
What it leans on
Belgium onlyBelgiumReliance on official Serbian statements
the direct quote from the president structures the narrative of the departure.
and the figures
this press does not report this figure
Presidential pardons before resignation
people pardoned
only one reports it49 people pardoned, including 23 students and sympathizers of his party prosecuted for facts related to the demonstrations
three-month constitutional deadline
Constitutional deadline for the presidential election
days
same figuremaximum deadline of three months