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Parliament returned to its 18-item package: the morning started with questions to the government, with the caregiver bill and REM still inside

July 7, 2026, 11:21 AMUpdated: July 7, 2026, 11:21 AM

N1 and Danas report that on the morning of July 7, parliament's extraordinary sitting moved back into the combined 18-item package: MPs returned to the session after 10:00 and, before the joint debate resumed, put questions to the government and state institutions. The package still includes the parent-caregiver bill, political-finance amendments, the REM interpretation item, plus the weapons and Criminal Code block and other laws.

The Serbian parliament sitting during the morning continuation of the extraordinary session
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Photo: BETAPHOTO/MILAN ILIC, the morning continuation of the parliamentary sitting.

What matters

When it resumed

Both N1 and Danas say MPs returned after 10:00 and resumed the combined debate on the already opened package.

What sits inside the package

The agenda still holds the caregiver bill, political-finance amendments, and the REM item, as well as the weapons package, Criminal Code changes, and additional bills.

How the morning opened

Before the combined debate resumed, MPs used the questions block for ministries and institutions; N1 specifically notes Torlak and pressure on education workers among the topics.

Breakdown by publication

How sources frame this story

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N1
Sitting flow and morning questions

N1: parliament resumed the 18-item debate and opened the morning with questions on Torlak and education

N1 reports that MPs resumed the combined debate on the sitting's 18 items at around 10:00. N1 specifically lists the political-finance amendments, the parent-caregiver bill, and the interpretation item under the electronic-media law. Before returning to the joint debate, MPs put questions to institutions and ministries, including topics around Torlak and pressure on education workers.

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Danas
Danas's procedural update

Danas: the extraordinary sitting resumed after 10:00 with 18 items on the agenda

Danas writes that MPs resumed the extraordinary sitting shortly after 10:00 and that the 18-item agenda remains intact. The paper specifically names the parent-caregiver bill, political-finance amendments, the REM item, the weapons law, and Criminal Code changes. Before the combined general debate continued, MPs put questions to Serbia's government and state institutions.

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Overall takeaway

On the morning of July 7, the main fact is not a brand-new dispute but that parliament is still carrying the whole contentious package in one continuous sitting, meaning the social, media, and political-rule items move together.

What this means for residents

For readers

This is an important procedural marker: the contentious items are not separated into standalone windows but move inside one broad package, so progress on the caregiver bill and REM depends on the overall pace of the sitting.

What to watch next

The next reader-relevant fork is whether the morning procedural flow turns into new amendments, majority responses, and votes on the package's most sensitive items.