Ultra-nationalist resurgence could complicate Serbia's EU path


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  • Sunday, 17 Apr 2016

Radical Party leader Vojislav Seselj (C in red shirt) arrives for his pre-election rally in Jagodina, Serbia April 12, 2016. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

JAGODINA, Serbia (Reuters) - Ultra-nationalists are set to return to Serbia's parliament in an April 24 election after an absence of several years, boosted by growing discontent with Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic's pro-European Union stance and austerity policies.

They include firebrand Radical Party leader Vojislav Seselj, whose popularity in Serbia was boosted by his acquittal last month of crimes against humanity by the U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague.

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