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Slovenian nationalism is thenationalism that asserts thatSlovenes are a nation and promotes the cultural unity of Slovenes.[1] Slovenian nationalism first arose in response to the influx of ideas of nationalism from theFrench Revolution that arrived in Slovenia when the French forces ofNapoleon Bonaparte made Slovenia part of theIllyrian Provinces from 1809 to 1813.[1] Slovenian nationalists such asAnton Korošec endorsed Yugoslav unification duringWorld War I as a means to free Slovenia fromAustro-Hungarian rule.[2]
On 8 May 1989, after the legalization of other political parties by Slovenia's reformist Communist Party-led government, new political parties published the May Declaration, demanding the formation of a sovereign, democratic, and pluralist Slovenian state.[3] A referendum on independence from Yugoslavia was held on 26 December 1990 with a majority of Slovenians supporting independence.[3] Slovenia declared independence on 25 June 1991.[3]
Following independence, members of minority groups – mostly from other formerYugoslav nations – who had failed to apply for residency in the new nationhad their records stricken, leaving them in the country illegally.[4][5]