Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro

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Demokratska Partija Socijalista Crne Gore
DPS Logo.svg
Milo Đukanović.jpg
Party leader Milo Đukanović
founding 1991
Place of foundation Podgorica
Headquarters Podgorica
Alignment social democratic , populism
Colours) Blue and orange
Parliament seats
36/81
(2016)
International connections Socialist International ,
Progressive Alliance
European party Party of European Socialists (associated)
Website www.dps.me

The Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro ( DPS , Montenegrin Demokratska Partija Socijalista Crne Gore / Демократска партија социјалиста Црне Горе ) is a social democratic party in Montenegro .

The DPS was founded in 1990 as the successor organization to the Montenegrin part of the Union of Communists of Yugoslavia . By adopting their organizational structure, they had an advantage in the first free elections in 1990, in which they won 58.3% of the vote and 83 of the 125 seats in parliament. At the head of the party were Milo irukanović , Momir Bulatović and Svetozar Marović . Bulatović became the first president of the state in 1990 and Đukanović became prime minister in 1991. In 1992 it lost slightly, but was able to defend the absolute majority. The Democratic Party of Socialists campaigned for union with Serbia ( Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ). In 1996 it again achieved an absolute majority.

In the following period there was a wing fight over relations with Serbia. On the one hand President Bulatović, who supported the Milošević regime, on the other Prime Minister Đukanović, who distanced himself from him. Đukanović prevailed and Bulatović left the party with his supporters and founded the People's Socialist Party . In the 1997 presidential election, the two former party friends competed against each other, with Đukanović narrowly prevailing. After taking office in 1998, the non-party Filip Vujanović became the new head of government. In the same year, the DPS and the Social Democratic Party (SDP) ran for parliamentary elections. Together they received 49.5% and 35 of the 78 seats, 30 of which went to the DPS.

Subsequently, the Democratic Party of Socialists turned more and more to the pursuit of complete independence. The government introduced the German mark for this purpose, for example . Milo Đukanović won international sympathy through his rejection of Milošević. But even after its fall in 2000, the DPS stuck to its striving for independence. The 2001 parliamentary elections ended in stalemate, neither the pro-European nor the pro-Serb bloc was able to form a government. The elections were repeated in 2002, from which the DPS and SDP were able to proceed stronger again. Subsequently, a change of office took place: Milo Đukanović was again Prime Minister, Filip Vujanović President. In 2003, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was transformed into the loose confederation of Serbia and Montenegro , whose head of state was the DPS politician Svetozar Marović .

After the referendum on the independence of Montenegro, which the government camp narrowly won, the declaration of independence followed and soon afterwards international recognition. The electorate then rewarded the government with slight gains to 47.7% for the coalition for a European Montenegro . Since then, the DPS has held 34 of the 81 seats in Skupština Crne Gore . In the 2016 parliamentary elections , she won 36 seats and dominated the Marković government .

The Democratic Party of Socialists is an associate member of the Socialist International .

literature

  • Arno Weckbecker and Frank Hoffmeister, The Development of Political Parties in Former Yugoslavia , 1997 ( ISBN 3-486-56336-X ), pp. 65f

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