Former Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has accused the incoming government, which has not yet been formed, of being responsible for potential job losses at several foreign companies operating in Serbia and warned that the country may fail to complete preparations for Expo 2027.
Vučić made the claims during a live address on social media, according to Tanjug, alleging that Teklas, Dräxlmaier and Yazaki were reducing their operations or planning to leave Serbia.
According to Vučić, Teklas has eliminated its third shift at its facility in Vladičin Han, a move he said could result in 700 workers losing their jobs.
He also claimed that Dräxlmaier was considering leaving Zrenjanin, potentially affecting 1,150 employees, while Yazaki was preparing to lay off around 10 percent of its workforce in Šabac, or approximately 250 workers.
The combined figures cited by Vučić amount to more than 2,000 potentially affected jobs. The claims were presented by the former president, and the companies’ decisions were not independently confirmed in the report.
Vučić also questioned whether the incoming government would be capable of completing preparations for Expo 2027.
“We will not even have it because they are absolutely incapable of doing anything,” he said.
Criticism of the Student List’s proposals
During the address, Vučić also criticized proposals associated with the Student List, including a four-day working week and the right to disconnect from work-related communications outside working hours, describing them as unrealistic.
He argued that the movement’s proposals for the healthcare sector would also fail to resolve waiting lists.
Vučić said he expected a session of the Serbian Parliament to be scheduled within approximately ten days. He announced that he would lead the parliamentary group “Serbia Against Terror” and said his party would continue fighting in Parliament “as long as we breathe.”
Remarks on RTS, Informer and the BIA
Vučić also claimed that Serbian Parliament Speaker and acting president Ana Brnabić had not been given “even one second” of airtime on public broadcaster RTS.
He repeated his prediction that the pro-government television channel Informer would be shut down within approximately ten days.
The remarks came after the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media (REM) Council imposed a seven-day ban on Informer’s news programming on Wednesday.
Commenting on the incident involving the aircraft carrying Aleksandar Vulin to Moscow, which was reportedly turned back, Vučić described it as unprecedented and claimed that “all of Europe” was laughing at Serbia.
He also alleged that foreign actors were planning to divide Serbia’s Security Intelligence Agency (BIA) into three separate parts.
At the end of his address, Vučić assured citizens that salaries and pensions would continue to be paid on time, saying the outgoing government had secured the necessary funds.
