Katoliška narodna stranka

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The Katoliška narodna stranka (KNS) (German Catholic National Party ), from 1905 Slovenska ljudska stranka (SLS) (German Slovenian People's Party ) was a Slovenian party in Austria-Hungary .

history

Under Prime Minister Eduard Taafe , the influence of the Slovenian camp in the Kronland Carniola began to increase and the German camp lost its dominant position in the 1880s. As a result, the Slovenian association system flourished more and more, but the loss of pressure from the German camp led to conflicts within the formerly unified Slovenian camp. Subsequently, a liberal and a Catholic camp emerged, the latter also being supported by the Ljubljana Bishop Jakob Missa and the later Bishop Antun Mahnić . After the liberals had founded the political association "Slovensko društvo" in Ljubljana in 1889 and took over sole management there in 1891, the Catholic camp founded the political association "Katoliško politično društvo" in 1890. Although the two camps ran together in the Reichsrat election in 1891, they separated afterwards. The Katoliško politično društvo developed lively political activity in the early 1890s under the influence of the Second Austrian Catholic Day, whereupon the first Slovenian Catholic Day was held in 1892, at which the Slovenian Catholic political program was also formulated. In the face of the growing Catholic camp, the liberals declared themselves Narodna stranka (National Party) at an event organized by the “Slovensko društvo” in 1891 , while the Catholic camp was named Katoliška narodna stranka after the Slovenian Catholic Day . As a result, two Slovenian parliamentary clubs and new Catholic and liberal magazines were formed in the Carniolan state parliament. The Slovene club in the Reichsrat remained in part until 1897. The separation of the political camps in Carniola also took place in the Crown Land of Görz-Gradisca and in Styria at the beginning of the 20th century . In 1895, the two parties competed separately in the Carniolan state parliament for the first time , with the Katoliška narodna stranka winning all constituencies in the rural communities while the Liberals won the city constituencies and the elections in the Chamber of Commerce and Industry. However, through a pact between the liberals and the representatives of the Germans from the curia of the large estates and the Gottschee , the Catholic camp remained excluded from power in the Krainer Landtag until 1908.

In order to establish the party, political organizations were founded in the Carniolan districts, and there was also the systematic organization of the workers through various associations and the establishment of farmers' cooperatives and loan funds. Efforts to expand the activities of the Catholic National Party to other crown lands with Slovene populations, as well as the discussion about the reform of the Reichsrat election regulations, led in 1905 to the renaming of the Catholic National Party to the “Slovenska ljudska stranka”.

After the electoral reform of the Krainer Landtag, the Slovenian People's Party was able to win an absolute majority in the Landtag after the supplementary elections in 1908, which meant that the former liberal German government was replaced. On the initiative of the Carniolan Catholic leaders, the Slovenska ljudska stranka za Goriško ( Slovenska ljudska stranka za Goriško ), the Slovenska kmečka zveza za Štajersko (Slovene Farmers' Union for Styria) and the Katolično in gospodarsko društvo za Slovence na Koroškem (Catholic political and economic association for the Slovenes in Carinthia) to form Vseslovenka ljudska stranka (All-Slovene People's Party).

program

The Katoliška narodna stranka propagated the validity of Catholic principles on all political and social levels. There was also the demand for national and linguistic equality. Under the influence of the Christian Social Party and the papal encyclicals, the Catholic National Party also developed an ambitious political, social and economic program.

literature

  • Peter Vodopivec: The development of the national and political organizational system in Carniola. In: The Habsburg Monarchy 1848-1918. Volume VIII. Political Public and Civil Society. 1st subband. Associations, parties and interest groups as carriers of political participation. Vienna 2006, ISBN 978-3-7001-2869-4 , pp. 503-540