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http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20220117-105816-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/paper-constitutionalism/ Paper Constitutionalism - The Constitutional Referendum in Serbia, Judicial Independence and the EU Accession Process Miljojkovic, Teodora eng 2022-01-17 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 constitutional amendment EU Accession judicial independence Rule of Law Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 On January 16, Serbian citizens voted in a referendum on constitutional changes concerning the guarantees of the judicial independence and organization of the judicial sector. According to preliminary results, 57, 4% of citizens voted for the reforms, while 41,6% voted against, with a turnout of not more than 30% of all registered voters. I would argue that constitutional amendments concerning the judiciary should have been postponed for two reasons.