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Will Vučić manage to hang on and fool us all again?

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Vučić with Chinese humanoid robots in traditional Serbian attire

At a hallucinatory rally in Belgrade this weekend, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić told supporters that he would resign “within weeks”. It was widely reported as breaking news, but it’s actually something he’s been promising for months. If Vučić does resign as president–big emphasis on the word “if”–it does not mean it’s the end of his political career. It means that he intends to become prime minister again, a role he already served in from April 2014 to May 2017. The rotating dance between president and prime minister, an executive shuffle favored by leaders in this corner of Europe, would thus continue on.