| Sažetak | Seljačka stranka se u svojim vanjskopolitičkim pravcima i stajalištima ponajprije usmjeravala na unutrašnjopolitičku situaciju u Kraljevini Jugoslaviji. Ne slažući se s načinom uspostave nove državne zajednice, pa i u konačnici mirovnim ugovorima koji nisu posvetili nikakvu pažnju hrvatskom pitanju, započinje aktivnost Seljačke stranke na vanjskom planu. Memorandumi, izjave dopisnicima stranih novinskih agencija, kao i sastanci sa stranim političarima, nisu doveli do ikakvog značajnijeg rezultata, izuzev jačeg progona stranke i donekle internacionalizacije hrvatskog pitanja. Kampanje Stjepana Radića u Londonu i Moskvi su potpuno razočarale Seljačku stranku koja je nakon toga bila primorana mijenjati vlastitu unutarnju politiku. Promjena politike, kao i hegemonistički velikosrpski stav kralja Aleksandra, koji je svaku promjenu promatrao kao udarac na vlastitu politiku, doveli su do atentata u beogradskoj skupštini, od čijih je posljedica Radić i umro, a Kraljevina zapala u diktaturu. Na čelo Seljačke stranke tada stupa Vladko Maček koji je odmah poduzeo vanjskopolitičke akcije koje nisu polučile bolji rezultat od onih Radićevih. Nakon toga se Maček odlučio za taktiku mirovanja, ali u inozemstvo šalje prvake Seljačke stranke Augusta Košutića i Stjepana Krnjevića. Njihova dužnost bila je prikupljanje informacija od svih strana ne bi li seljački pokret u zemlji imao istinite informacije o vanjskopolitičkim događanjima. Taktiku mirovanja Maček je prekidao i zbog izjava stranim novinarima, kao i diplomatskim predstavnicima. Promjena za vanjsku politiku Seljačke stranke zbila se sklapanjem sporazuma Cvetković-Maček krajem kolovoza 1939. godine, što je označilo sudjelovanje u državnoj vanjskoj politici. Stanje u vanjskoj politici bilo je više nego ozbiljno. Stoga se Maček odlučio za potporu službenoj politici, što je značilo održavanje neutralnosti i sprječavanje uključivanja Jugoslavije u ratna zbivanja. Prekid takve politike obilježio je oficirski puč, što je dovelo do napada sila Osovine na Jugoslaviju. Napadom je Jugoslavija razbijena, a Vladko Maček je, u skladu sa svojim stajalištem o pobjedi zapadnih demokracija u ratu, odbio ponudu nacističke Njemačke da stane na čelo Nezavisne Države Hrvatske. Prebjegao je pasivnosti, čime je vlast poklonjena Anti Paveliću, čelniku ustaškog pokreta. |
| Sažetak (engleski) | The foreign policy of the Peasant party was primarily focused on the internal political situation in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Not agreeing with the way of establishment of this new state and ultimately not agreeing with the peace agreements that did not pay any attention to the Croatian question, resulted with the beginning of activity of the Peasant party in its foreign policy. Memorandums, statements to correspondents of foreign news agencies as well as meetings with foreign politicians did not lead to any significant results except for a more rigid party persecution and somewhat internationalization of the Croatian issue. Stjepan Radić’s campaign in London and Moscow completely disappointed the Peasant party, which was then forced to change its own internal politics. This change of policy, as well as the hegemonic Greater Serbian attitude of King Alexander, who saw each change as an attack on his own policy, led to the assassination in the Belgrade Assembly, which resulted with the death of Radić, and the Kingdom fell into dictatorship. The new leader of a Peasant party, Vladko Maček, who immediately took foreign policy actions, did not produce any better results than those of Radić. After that, Maček decided to employ a stand-still political tactic, but sent abroad high-level politicians of the Peasant party, namely August Košutić and Stjepan Krnjević, who were given the task to gather information from various sources, so that the Peasant movement had exact information on foreignpolitical events. Maček interrupted his stand-still tactic with statements to foreign journalists as well as diplomatic representatives. A change in foreign policy of the Peasant party took place by concluding the Cvetković-Maček agreement at the end of August 1939, which marked the participation in the state foreign policy. Yugoslavia's foreign policy at that time was not standing on sturdy feet, so Maček decided to support official policy of the state, which meant maintaining neutrality and preventing Yugoslavia from joining the war. The termination of this policy was marked by a coup organized by military officers, leading to an attack by the Axis powers on Yugoslavia. The result of this attack was the dissolvement of Yugoslavia, and Vladko Maček, in accordance with his opinion that the Western democracies would win the war, refused the offer of Nazi Germany to take the leading position of the Independent State of Croatia and adopted a passive political tactic, thus making way for Ante Pavelić, who was at the head of the Ustaša movement, to seize power |
