: The movement is seen by many historians as the spiritual precursor to the Croatian quest for independence in the early 1990s. The leaders and ideas of the "Spring" resurfaced during the collapse of Yugoslavia.
: It began largely with the 1967 "Declaration on the Name and Position of the Croatian Literary Language," which demanded the official recognition of Croatian as distinct from "Serbo-Croatian." The Croatian Spring: Nationalism, Repression an...
: Paradoxically, many of the economic and decentralization demands of the movement were incorporated into the 1974 Yugoslav Constitution, which gave more power to the republics. : The movement is seen by many historians
: Proponents argued that Croatia should keep more of its foreign currency earnings, particularly from its booming tourism industry. : Proponents argued that Croatia should keep more
: They called for a confederated Yugoslavia where constituent republics held more sovereign power.
By 1971, the movement had expanded from intellectual circles to the masses, including students and factory workers.