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The victory of nationalist extremist radical party leader Tomislav Nikolic in the first round of the Serbian presidential election is likely to encourage the international community to mobilize support around his nearest challenger, Boris Tadic. Tadic is seen to represent general modernization, while Nikolic is regarded as harking back to the era of former Pres Slobodan Milosevic. Pettifer opines that renewal of nationalism is viewed as a symptom of the failure of post-conflict governments to deal with underlying problems.
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Nationalist Renewal
THE VICTORY OF NATIONALIST EXTREMIST RADICAL PARTY leader Tomislav Nikolic in the first round of the Serbian presidential election, with around a third of the vote, is likely to encourage the international community to mobilise support around his nearest challenger, Boris Tadic, for the second round at the end of June. This is the fourth attempt by Serbs to elect a president after previous failures because less than half of those eligible voted. This requirement has now been removed.
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