Christian Union (Slovakia)
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The Christian Union (Slovak: Kresťanská únia; KÚ) (Independent Forum (Slovak: Nezávislé fórum) from 1998 to 2019) is a Slovak right-wing conservative political party.[2][3] The chairwoman of the party since 2019 is Anna Záborská. At present, he has five deputies of the National Council of the Slovak Republic, elected on the candidate of the party OĽANO-NOVA-KÚ-ZZ.[4]
Foundation and history
Christian Union
Transformation of NF to KÚ, elections to EP 2019 and NR SR 2020
On 8 February 2019, the party was renamed (registered on 27 August 1998), when on 7 January 2019, the statute and seat of this party changed and on February 8, 2019, it was renamed to the current name Christian Union. This transformation of this entity de facto created a new party, but de jure not[5] This step, as the fragmentation of Christian forces and the promotion of Záborská's personal ambitions, was criticized by the chairman of KDH, Alojz Hlina.[6] The founders did so so that they could avoid collecting 10,000 signatures to form a new political party.
In the 2019 European Parliament election, the party won 3.85% of the vote and did not win any seats.
After the elections, the need to unite Christian political forces with KDH or KDŽP was discussed. In the end, the merger did not take place in the autumn of 2019, as President Alojz Hlina offered the Christian Union only 2 seats as a KDH candidate.[7] On the contrary, the KU came closer to the OĽANO movement, on whose candidate list OĽaNO in the parliamentary elections 19 candidates for the KÚ ran, while its chairwoman Anna Záborská ran from 4th place.[8] NOVA and Zmena Zdola did the same with OĽaNO in order to avoid an increased clause for electoral coalitions.[9]
OĽaNO, together with the KÚ, also offered the pre-election procedure to the KDH, to which it offered half the seats on the candidate and, after the elections, its own parliamentary club. KDH rejected this offer.[10]
Election period 2020–2024
In the parliamentary elections in February 2020, OĽANO-NOVA-KÚ-ZZ party became the winner of the parliamentary elections, which so far only the Smer-SD and HZDS parties have succeeded in Slovakia.[11][circular reference] Five members of the Christian Union were elected as deputies.[12]
KÚ Politicians
Party leadership
- Anna Záborská – chairwoman[5]
Other KÚ politicians
- Richard Vašečka[5]
- Branislav Škripek
- Ján Szőllős[13]
- Katarína Hatráková[14]
- Radovan Marcinčin[15]
Election results
National Council
Election | Leader | Votes | % | Rank | Seats | +/– | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2020 | Igor Matovič[a] | 721,166 | 25.03% | 1st | 5 / 150 | OĽaNO–SR–SaS–ZĽ (2020–2022) | |
OĽaNO–SR–ZĽ (2022–2023) | |||||||
As a part of the OĽaNO–KÚ–NOVA–ZZ list, which won 53 seats in total. | |||||||
2023 | Igor Matovič | 264,137 | 8.9% | 4th | 2 / 150 | ![]() | Opposition |
Running in coalition with the OĽaNO and For the People, which won 16 seats in total. |
- ^ Igor Matovič of OĽaNO served as OĽaNO–KÚ–NOVA–ZZ electoral leader while Anna Záborská served as chairwoman of Christian Union.
European Parliament
Election | List leader | Votes | % | Rank | Seats | +/– | EP Group |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | Unclear | 37,974 | 3.85% | 9th | 0 / 14 | New | – |
2024 | Milan Krajniak | 9,313 | 0.63% | 12th | 0 / 15 | ![]() |
References
- ^ "Výročná správa politickej správy Kresťanská únia za rok 2023" (PDF). Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic (document) (in Slovak). 30 April 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ Rábara, Pavol (2019-02-18). "Nová strana Záborskej a Škripeka sa bude volať Kresťanská únia". Denník Postoj. Bratislava: Postoy. ISSN 1336-720X. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
- ^ "Kresťanská únia" (in Slovak). Kresťanská únia. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
- ^ "Kresťanská únia". krestanskaunia.sk.
- ^ a b c "Nová strana Záborskej a Škripeka sa bude volať Kresťanská únia". Postoy. 2019-02-18. ISSN 1336-720X.
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(help) - ^ "Čo majú spoločné pani Keltošová, pani Záborská, pán Škripek a pán Vašečka?". Postoj Media. 2019-02-23.
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(help) - ^ "Záborská ani Vašečka sa s KDH nedohodli" (in Slovak). .týždeň - iný pohľad na spoločnosť. 2019-09-19.
- ^ "OBYČAJNÍ ĽUDIA a nezávislé osobnosti" (in Slovak).
- ^ "Kandidátka OĽaNO". scribd.com.
- ^ "Matovič ponúkol miesto na kandidátke KDH. Hlina ho odmietol a uviedol aj dôvod". www.noviny.sk.
- ^ "OBYČAJNÍ ĽUDIA a nezávislé osobnosti (OĽANO), NOVA, Kresťanská únia (KÚ), ZMENA ZDOLA – Wikipédia". sk.m.wikipedia.org.
- ^ "Bodka za voľbami" (in Slovak). blog.postoj.sk.
- ^ "RNDR. MGR. Ján Szőllős, CSC".
- ^ "PhDr. Katarína Hatráková". Archived from the original on 2021-12-17. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
- ^ "MGR. Radovan Marcinčin".
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