Together – Civic Democracy

Together – Civic Democracy (Slovak: SPOLU – občianska demokracia) was a conservative-liberal[2] and environmentalist political party in Slovakia. It was established in 2018.

This page is about the Slovak party. For the Czech electoral alliance, see SPOLU (Czech Republic).
TOGETHER – Civic Democracy
SPOLU – občianska demokracia
AbbreviationSPOLU
LeaderMiroslav Kollár
Presidium
  • Andrea Letanovská
  • Pavel Nechala
Parliamentary leaderMiroslav Kollár
EP leader
FounderMiroslav Beblavý
Founded25 January 2018
Dissolved26 January 2023
Split from#SIEŤ
Merged intoBlue Coalition
HeadquartersBratislava
Youth wingYoung together (until 2021)
Women's wingWomen together
Membership (2021) 332[1]
Ideology
Political positionCentre[4] to centre-right[5]
National affiliationIn coalition with PS (until 2020)
European affiliationEuropean People's Party
European Parliament groupEuropean People's Party
Colours  Yellow   Green   Blue
Slogan"Together we are building a reasonable alternative."
Website
www.stranaspolu.sk

History

SPOLU was announced on 17 November 2017, by former under-secretary of Sieť Miroslav Beblavý, who left the party in protest of its decision to join the Smer-led government, and former under-secretary of liberal SaS Jozef Mihál.[6]

The party presents itself as a centre-right, pro-European party focusing on a modern economy, accessible healthcare and a functional educational system.[7][8]

The Founding Council of SPOLU consists of independent MPs of the National Council of the Slovak Republic and former members of Sieť, SaS and OĽaNO: Oto Žarnay, Jozef Mihál, Simona Petrík, Viera Dubačová, Miroslav Beblavý, Katarína Macháčková and lawyer Pavel Nechala of Transparency International.[9]

The party's founding congress was held on 14 April 2018 in Poprad. Miroslav Beblavý was elected as its leader. Katarína Macháčková and Jozef Mihál were elected as Deputy leaders, with the third Deputy leader being Erik Baláž, founder of environmentalist campaign We are the forest, and recipient of the White Crow 2017 award for the fight against corruption.[10]

See also

Footnotes

    References
    1. "SPOLU – občianska demokracia, Šulekova 1159/4, 811 04 Bratislava" [SPOLU – Civic Democracy, Sulekova 1159/4, 811 04 Bratislava] (PDF). minv.sk (in Slovak). 2000.
    2. Kepplova, Zuzana; Przybylski, Wojciech (27 February 2020). "Not Another Miracle". Visegrád Insight.
    3. Lang, Kai-Olaf; Walther, Eva-Maria (27 February 2020). "Slowakei: Neuanfang mit Unbekannten". German Institute for International and Security Affairs.
    4. Germanová, Miroslava (30 December 2019). "Slovakia, 2019: The Year of President Zuzana Caputova". Balkan Insight.
    5. "Beblavého strana Spolu podporí na prezidenta vedca Roberta Mistríka". dennikn.sk. 17 June 2018.
    6. "Beblavého strana sa bude volať Spolu – občianska demokracia". dennikn.sk. 12 September 2017.
    7. "BEBLAVÝ: SPOLU sme občianskymi demokratmi, pokračovateľmi Novembra´89". teraz.sk. 6 February 2018.
    8. Ministerstvo vnútra zaregistrovalo stranu SPOLU – občianska demokracia
    9. Political party registration sheet at Ministry of Interior
    10. Do politiky vstupuje známy ekológ z iniciatívy My sme les
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