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Democratic Party of Socialists Демократска партија социјалиста Demokratska partija socijalista | |
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| President | Danijel Živković |
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| Secretary General | Aleksandar Bogdanović |
| Founders | Momir Bulatović Milo Đukanović Svetozar Marović |
| Founded | 22 June 1991 |
| Preceded by | League of Communists of Montenegro (SKCG) |
| Headquarters | Podgorica |
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| Political position | Centre-left[3][A] |
| European affiliation | Party of European Socialists (associate) |
| International affiliation | Progressive Alliance Socialist International |
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| Parliament | 17 / 81 |
| Mayors | 4 / 25 |
| Local Parliaments | 228 / 847 |
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^ A: The DPS has been a catch-all party since its formation[4][5] but had been described as left-wing until 1997,[6] and after that as centre-left[7][8] or centrist,[9] with some factions which are right-wing, populist and nationalist.[10][11] | |
The Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro (Montenegrin: Демократска партија социјалиста Црне Горе, romanized: Demokratska partija socijalista Crne Gore, DPS) is a social-democratic[12][13] and populist[14] political party in Montenegro.[15] A former long-time ruling party sitting at the opposition for the first time as of 2020, it was formed on 22 June 1991 as the successor of the League of Communists of Montenegro, which had governed Montenegro within the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia since World War II, and has remained a major force in the country ever since. The party is a member of the Socialist International[16] and the Progressive Alliance,[17] and an associate of the Party of European Socialists. During the 1990s, DPS was the major centre-left, social-democratic party in favour of Serbian–Montenegrin unionism. However, since 1997, the party has embraced Montenegrin independence and has been improving ties with the West, slowly turning into a catch-all party embracing Atlanticism,[18] Montenegrin nationalism,[14][19] neoliberalism,[20][21][22] and pro-Europeanism.[23][24]
Since its formation and the introduction of a multi-party system, the DPS has played a dominant role in Montenegrin politics, forming the backbone of every coalition government until the 2020 parliamentary election, when it entered the opposition. This marked the first time since 1945 that the party, including its predecessor incarnation, had not been in power.[25] Prior to the 2020 election, the party strongly supported the controversial religious freedom law, causing tensions across Montenegro and the rise of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegrin politics.[26] The Church gaining more power gave motivation for the ethnic nationalist faction to rise in the party, with which some members such as the civic nationalist Filip Vujanović had issues since 2011.[27][28] The ethnic nationalist wing of the party also supported renewing the Montenegrin Orthodox Church, which led to the DPS being accused of creating a "party church".[29][30]
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- ^ a b Dzankic, Jelena (2017). "State-sponsored Populism and the Rise of Populist Governance – The Case of Montenegro" (PDF). Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
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- ^ "Politički program DPS VIII kongres" (PDF). November 30, 2019.
- ^ Polackova, Zuzana (2017). "Independence lost and regained: Montenegro's contested identity and the failure of Yugoslavia (1918–2006)" (PDF). Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
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- ^ "Karl Marx i neoliberal Milo" (in Montenegrin). Vijesti. 4 September 2014.
- ^ Baća, Bojan (14 June 2017). "The Student's Two Bodies: Civic Engagement and Political Becoming in the Post‐Socialist Space". Antipode. 49 (5). Bojan Baća: 1125–1144. doi:10.1111/anti.12338.
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- ^ "Demokratske partije socijalista Crne Gore. Politički program" (PDF) (in Montenegrin). Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro. 24 January 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- ^ "Seizing the democratic opportunity in Montenegro". EUROPP. London School of Economics. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- ^ Fedyk, Igor (2021-09-10). "The Church is not out of Politics. The Case of Montenegro". New Geopolitics Research Network. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
- ^ "Вујановић: Нападају ме црногорски националисти". Politika Online. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
- ^ Janković, Srđan (4 November 2011). "Ima li crnogorskog nacionalizma u Crnoj Gori". Radio Slobodna Evropa (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 2021-10-17.
- ^ "Нови програм ДПС: Миловa партијска црквa". NOVOSTI (in Serbian). Retrieved 2021-10-17.
- ^ "ПРЕДЛОГ НОВОГ СТАТУТА ДПС-a: Радићемо на обнови Црногорске православне цркве". NOVOSTI (in Serbian). Retrieved 2021-10-17.
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