Liberalism in Croatia

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This article gives an overview of liberalism in Croatia . Liberals became active since 1860 in Dalmatia and since 1904 in the rest of Croatia. It never became a major political party. It is limited to liberal parties with substantial support, mainly proved by having had a representation in parliament. The sign ⇒ denotes another party in that scheme. For inclusion in this scheme it isn't necessary so that parties labeled themselves as a liberal party.

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After the restoration of democracy in 1989 liberalism became very divided. Before 2020, one could have distinguished five parties: the right of center Croatian Social Liberal Party (Hrvatska socijalno-liberalna stranka, member of LI, ALDE), two center liberal parties: Croatian People's Party - Liberal Democrats (Hrvatska narodna stranka - liberalni demokrati, observer in LI, member of ALDE) and People's Party - Reformists (Narodna stranka – reformisti, member of EDP), while left of center is Civic Liberal Alliance (Građansko-liberalni savez - GLAS, member of ALDE). Reformists and GLAS are formed from dissidents of the Croatian People's Party-Liberal Democrats. Istrian Democratic Assembly (Istarski demokratski sabor - Dieta Democratica Istriana, member of ALDE) is considered as Istrian regionalist, but also as a liberal party. In the 2020 Croatian parliamentary election two additional liberal parties emerged as factors on the national scene: Centre and Focus, both members of ALDE.

Main media exponents of Croatian liberalism or liberal ideas include or included newspapers Novi list and Glas Istre , culture magazine Zarez and the defunct weekly Feral Tribune .

1860–1945

National Party (People's Party)
From Progressive Party to Progressive Democratic Party
Democratic Party (Dalmatia)
From Democratic Community to Democratic Party (Yugoslavia)
Independent Democratic Party

1989–present

Croatian Social Liberal Union / Croatian Social Liberal Party
Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats
Liberal Party
Party of Liberal Democrats
People's Party - Reformists
Civic Liberal Alliance
Pametno / Centre

Liberal leaders

Liberal thinkers

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Postoji li liberalna Hrvatska?". Zarez (in Croatian) (149). 25 February 2005. Retrieved 11 February 2014.

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