: 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
: In December 1971, Tito convened the Yugoslav leadership at Karađorđevo and forced the resignation of the Croatian reformist leaders. : In December 1971, Tito convened the Yugoslav
While the Croatian Spring was crushed in the short term, it left a lasting impact on Yugoslav politics: