Publikation State / Democracy - Political Parties / Election Analyses - Europe The Road to Collapse: The Demise of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia

Research Paper Series of Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung Southeast Europe No. 2

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Lev Centrih,

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März 2015

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«The League of Communists of Yugoslavia (LCY) was the dominant political force in socialist Yugoslavia. It collapsed after its 14th extraordinary congress, which took place in Belgrade from 20 to 22 January 1990. Its local branches, organized on the level of the federal republics, were soon renamed into social democratic, socialist or refoundation parties and adopted new programs. Yet, despite its relevance as the moment of formal dissolution of the LCY, the 14th Extraordinary Congress of the LCY was in fact only a spectacle in which earlier developments were merely confirmed and brought to conclusion. The Slovenian delegation called for democratic reforms in Yugoslavia, including multi-party elections, appealed for the peaceful resolution of the unrest in Kosovo and proposed the reform of the LCY as an association of fully autonomous political parties.»

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