The article resumes positions of the Slovenian nation with regard to its national interest in a long historical retrospective from 1848 when the Slovenian nation became a political factor and expressed clearly and loudly for the first time its historical interest - a united democratic and autonomous Slovenia, until present day. In chronological order declarations ofSlovenian national interest are presented by numerous Slovenian political actors, parties and individuals of various social and ideological backgrounds in which one always discerns a lively awareness of Slovenian national interest, its program definition in the framework of the principal national paradigm, the development of the Slovenian nation and the establishment of a united, autonomous and finally independent Slovenia. Various political groups completed the basic definition with their partial interests in accordance withparticular social and ideological interests. The article critically rejects recent disorientation considering national interest of the leaders of Liberal Democratic Party.
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