Serbia’s longtime nationalist strongman, Aleksandar Vucic, conceded defeat Sunday in a general election held after his once-tight grip on power was weakened by nearly two years of student-led street protests.

Serbia’s vote for a new Parliament came just six months after voters in neighboring Hungary rejected their own populist nationalist leader, Viktor Orban, a close ally of Mr. Vucic.

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    19 days ago

    Yes, very true. But the majority of state governments in Brazil (the National Congress) have flipped to conservative. So it’s a big stalemate and congress will ensure that things get worse just to make Lula look bad (similar to what Republicans in the US do).