Late on July 7 2008, Serbia finally had a cabinet after two months of hard coalition bargaining. A total of 127 members of parliament of the 250-seat Serbian assembly approved the cabinet list proposed by prime minister Mirko Cvetkovic earlier in the day along with the cabinet programme.

The new Serbian government is made of the parties gathered in the Democratic Serbia-led For a European Serbia coalition, the coalition around the Socialist Party of Serbia and some ethnic minorities parties. It has 24 portfolio ministers, one minister without portfolio, a first deputy prime minister along with three other deputy prime ministers.

Its key goals include commitment to a European future for Serbia, non-acceptance of the independence of Kosovo, strengthening the economy, increasing the social responsibility of the government, stepping up efforts to combat crime and corruption, as well as observing international law.

Nationalist Serbian Radical Party and Democratic Party of Serbia remained in opposition, after their failure to reach a coalition agreement with the Socialists, who chose to approach them for talks first and then turned to the Democrats.