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This article gives an overview of ''[[liberalism]] in [[Montenegro]]''.

==History==
Following the fall of [[League of Communists of Montenegro|communist regime]], one of the first parties to emerge was [[Liberal Alliance of Montenegro|Liberal Alliance]] (LSCG), a party which advocated liberalism, pacifism, civic concept of the state and supported restoration of [[Montenegrin nationalism|Montenegrin independence]]. It was an active opponent of the ruling [[Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro|DPS]]-led regime since its formation, all until 2005, when it froze its political activity. [[Slavko Perović]] and [[Miro Vicković]] were the most prominent officials and held the leading positions in the party throughout its existence. In 2004, nationalist [[Liberal Party of Montenegro|Liberal Party]] (LP) split from the LSCG, its membership including a number of former high-ranking LSCG officials who were previously ousted from the party due to corruption affair. Despite attempting to adopt the legacy of LSCG, LP pursued an entirely different discourse, and has closely cooperated with ruling DPS since its foundation. Since [[Montenegrin parliamentary election, 2016|2016 election]], its integrated into the electoral lists of DPS, which ran independently.

===Liberal political parties in Montenegro===
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*[[United Reform Action]] {{small|(social liberal)}}
*[[Civis (Montenegro)|Civis]] {{small|(social liberal)}}
*[[Democratic Montenegro|Democrats]] {{small|(conservative liberal)}}
*[[DEMOS (Montenegro)|Demos]] {{small|(conservative liberal)}}
*[[Liberal Party of Montenegro|Liberal Party]] {{small|(social liberal)}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aldeparty.eu/members/member-parties|title=Member Parties|website=ALDE Party|access-date=2019-09-26|archive-date=2019-05-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526170823/https://www.aldeparty.eu/members/member-parties|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Montenegrin (party)|Montenegrin]] {{small|(national liberal)}}
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'''Historically:'''
*[[Union of Reform Forces]] {{small|(1990-1991)}}
*[[Liberal Alliance of Montenegro|Liberal Alliance]] {{small|(1990-2005)}}
*[[Civic Party of Montenegro|Civic Party]] {{small|(2002-2009)}}
*[[Movement for Changes]] {{small|(2000s)}}
*[[Democratic Centre of Montenegro|Democratic Centre]] {{small|(2009-2014)}}
*[[Positive Montenegro]] {{small|(2012-2019)}}
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==See also==
* [[History of Montenegro]]
* [[Politics of Montenegro]]
* [[List of political parties in Montenegro]]

==References==
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