Slovak Conservative Party

Slovak Conservative Party
Slovenská konzervatívna strana
AbbreviationSKS
LeaderIvan Zuzula
FounderRadoslav Procházka
Founded12 June 2014
Dissolved20 December 2022
Merged intoChristian Democratic Movement
HeadquartersBratislava
Membership (2020)1,231 (Steady)[1]
IdeologyLiberal conservatism[2]
Christian democracy[2]
Social conservatism[3][4]
Economic liberalism[5]
Political positionCentre[6] to centre-right[7]
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The Slovak Conservative Party (Slovak: Slovenská konzervatívna strana, abbreviated SKS), formerly known as Network (Slovak: Sieť, self-styled #SIEŤ), was a centre-right[7] political party in Slovakia. It was established by Radoslav Procházka, a former member of Christian Democratic Movement (KDH).

History[edit]

Original logo of the party.

The party was founded by Radoslav Procházka in June 2014, after the 2014 presidential election. Sieť polled above 10% being second to Smer and was expected to become the major centre-right party after 2016 parliamentary election.[8]

The party received only 5.6% of votes and 10 seats in the actual election. The low support of Sieť was one of many surprises of the election.[9] Sieť became part of governing coalition led by Smer which led to split in the party and another loss of support and departure of members including 3 MPs. Sieť fell to 1% in polls.[10] Procházka was replaced by Roman Brecely in August 2016.[11][12] 5 MPs led by Andrej Hrnčiar then left the party with intention to join Most-Híd. This left Sieť with only 2 MPs.[13]

Prime Minister Robert Fico announced on 19 August that Sieť ministers will resign and Sieť will be integrated into one of other coalition parties.[14] In January 2017, Sieť announced that it would be integrated into small Slovak party European Democratic Party. Integration was likely to happen in Spring 2017.[15]

When Radoslav Procházka decided to give up on his seat, Sieť lost another MP. Procházka was replaced by Zuzana Simenová who decided to be independent.[16] On 3 May 2017, Sieť lost its last MP.[17]

Roman Brecely resigned as the party's leader on 10 May 2017. Marek Čepko became acting leader.[18] On 10 September 2017, Ivan Zuzula was elected the new leader.[19]

Sieť announced in June 2018 that it will change its name to Slovak Conservative Party.[20] The name was changed on 4 July 2018.[21]

In July 2021, SKS signed a memorandum with KDH which included that SKS will join KDH. At this point the party had several hundred members with 40 to 50 active ones.[22] Their website has been offline since February 2022.[23]

Leaders[edit]

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Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ https://www.minv.sk/swift_data/source/statna_komisia_pre_volby/30_annual_report/ar2020/VS_42362644_I_2020_20210727.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ a b Nordsieck, Wolfram (2020). "Slovakia". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  3. ^ "V sieti chytľavých nápadov". Časopis Týždeň. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  4. ^ Kern, Miro (26 January 2016). "Chudák Slovák - Echo24.cz". echo24.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  5. ^ "Überraschendes Bündnis". Prager Zeitung. 23 March 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  6. ^ "Sieť chce zmeniť štát. Procházka ju označil za stredovú stranu". HN Online. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  7. ^ a b Virostkova, Lucia (4 March 2016). "Slovakia votes with migrants and corruption in mind". EUobserver.
  8. ^ "Slováci volí poslance, jednobarevný Fico asi končí. Čeká se koalice". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  9. ^ "ANALÝZA: Překvapivé slovenské volby? Ne, jen nesmyslný zákaz průzkumů". iDNES.cz. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  10. ^ "Beblavý: Sieť sa trhá, vyše 200 členov definitívne odchádza". Aktuality.sk. 21 March 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  11. ^ s., P E R E X , a. (13 August 2016). "Novým šéfom Siete je Brecely, Procházka sa za vulgarizmy ospravedlnil - Pravda.sk" (in Slovak). Retrieved 16 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ "Procházkova éra sa definitívne skončila. Novým predsedom #Siete je Roman Brecely | Aktuálne.sk". Aktuálně.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  13. ^ "Stranu Sieť opustila pätica poslancov". Trend.sk. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  14. ^ "Minister dopravy Roman Brecely sa vzdá svojej funkcie". Sme.sk. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  15. ^ "Sieť sa má zlúčiť s ministranou, za jej úver už možno Procházka nebude ručiť". Denník N (in Slovak). 4 January 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  16. ^ a.s., News and Media Holding. "ROZHOVOR: Náhradníčka za Procházku koalíciu nepodporí. Zimenová je už v parlamente". aktualne.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  17. ^ a.s., News and Media Holding. "Koniec Bašistovej v Sieti. V parlamente ostáva ako nezávislá poslankyňa | Aktuálne.sk". aktualne.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  18. ^ "Rozpad #Siete: Stranu už nevedie Brecely, dočasným šéfom je kancelár Čepko". Topky.sk. 10 May 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  19. ^ "SIEŤ: Novým predsedom sa stal Ivan Zuzula". Parlamentní Listy. 10 September 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  20. ^ "Strana #Sieť mení svoj názov. Po novom bude mať skratku SKS". www.etrend.sk (in Slovak). 7 June 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  21. ^ "Strana #Sieť sa po novom volá Slovenská konzervatívna strana". Pravda.sk (in Slovak). 6 July 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  22. ^ "KDH a SKS podpísali memorandum o podpore aktivít k budúcej spolupráci". teraz.sk (in Slovak). 21 July 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  23. ^ "Slovenská konzervatívna strana" (in Slovak). Archived from the original on 18 February 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
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