Former Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has criticised the Students’ List proposal to introduce a four-day working week, describing it as unrealistic and warning that its implementation could lead to factory closures and a sharp rise in unemployment.
Speaking at a press conference at the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) headquarters, Vučić argued that the proposal belonged in the realm of fiction rather than practical economic policy.
“That exists in the book Utopia, but not in real life,” he said, according to Tanjug.
Vučić also warned that unemployment could become “incomparably higher” within a year if such a policy were introduced, claiming it could leave Serbia without factories.
Defending the SNS’s economic record, he said unemployment had fallen from 25.9 percent to 7.2 percent during the party’s time in power, describing the latter figure as a historic low.
According to Serbian media reports, the Students’ List programme proposes allowing employers who choose to adopt the system to introduce a 32-hour, four-day working week while maintaining employees’ salaries.
Vučić had criticised the proposal a week earlier in a video posted on Instagram, claiming it would “destroy Serbia.”
