The proposed anti-foreign NGO law could bring more attention to the left-wing nationalist Movement of Socialists party, which currently has just two MPs in the 250-seat National Assembly.
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00:00Serbia's left-wing Socialist Movement Party has announced it will draft a bill aiming
00:06to restrict the activities of foreign NGOs operating in the Balkan country.
00:11The betrayal of our own country and people cannot be a highly profitable activity.
00:18The draft closely resembles the highly controversial foreign agent law which is expected to be
00:24implemented in Georgia soon.
00:27Serbian voters will head to the ballot box on June 2nd to participate in a rerun of last
00:32year's federal election.
00:34The proposed anti-foreign NGO law could bring more votes to the Serbian Socialist Movement.
00:39I really believe that the threat to the interests of the Republic of Serbia is if there are
00:45NGOs such as the Youth Initiative for Human Rights are concerned the bill will impact
00:52their and Serbian society's future.
01:22The law could hang Serbia's EU member state candidacy in the balance.