ABSTRACT
The transition, which occurred in other Eastern European countries around 1990, took place in Serbia much later and it was spread over a longer period of time. In order to understand party financing in Serbia, one needs to understand the uniqueness of that country's recent history. The process of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia's (SFRY) disintegration in the early 1990s ended with declarations of independence by four of its constituent republics: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Macedonia. The international community, however, insisted that the SFRY be dismantled into its constituent republics and regarded Serbian support for secessionists in Croatia and Bosnia- Herzegovina as interference in the internal affairs of sovereign states. The new law adopted in December 2000 made the provisions for the financing of political parties more generous. The Center for Free Elections and Democracy has recently published a model for a law on party financing.
