Asked by vccccc

What was one reason Slovenia and Croatia declared independence from Yugoslavia?


They feared other republics would drag down their economies.


They feared immigration from ethnic minorities.


They did not wish to give the communism.

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They feared other republics would drag down their economies.

Slovenia and Croatia were the wealthiest Yugoslav republics and resisted fiscal transfers and political centralization (especially under rising Serbian leadership), fearing their prosperity would be used to subsidize poorer republics.