Christian Union (Slovakia)

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Christian Union
Kresťanská únia
AbbreviationKÚ
LeaderAnna Záborská
FounderTomáš Černý
Founded27 August 1998; 23 years ago (1998-08-27) (Independent Forum)
8 February 2019; 2 years ago (2019-02-08) (Christian Union)
HeadquartersSládkovičova 11, Bratislava-Staré Mesto
Membership (2020)32 (Increase 4)[1]
IdeologyChristian right
National conservatism
Social conservatism
Political positionCentre-right to right-wing
National affiliationOĽaNO
European affiliationECPM
Colours    Blue
National Council
5 / 150
European Parliament
0 / 14
Website
krestanskaunia.sk

The Christian Union (Slovak: Kresťanská únia; KÚ) (Independent Forum (Slovak: Nezávislé fórum) in 1998—2019) is a Slovak right-wing conservative political party based on the values of the Judeo-Christian tradition.[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[]

Independent Forum[]

The Independent Forum was registered with the Ministry of the Interior on August 27, 1998, and the only chairman of the party during its tenure was Tomáš Černý. The main goal of the party was to help independent candidates run in municipal elections. She was active in Bratislava, where several of her candidates were elected to local councils and the city council. A prominent representative of this party was the former director of the Slovak Trade Inspection and consumer protection activist Marta Černá

The party did not participate in the parliamentary elections.

Christian Union[]

Transformation of NF to KÚ, elections to EP 2019 and NR SR 2020[]

On February 8, 2019, the party was renamed (registered on August 27, 1998), when on January 7, 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[]

Other KÚ politicians[]

  • Richard Vašečka[5]
  • Branislav Škripek
  • Ján Szőllős[13]
  • Katarína Hatráková[14]
  • Radovan Marcinčin[15]

References[]

  1. ^ https://www.minv.sk/swift_data/source/statna_komisia_pre_volby/30_annual_report/ar2020/VS_31794319_I_2020_20210727.pdf
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Kresťanská únia" (in Slovak). Kresťanská únia. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  4. ^ "Kresťanská únia". krestanskaunia.sk.
  5. ^ a b c "Nová strana Záborskej a Škripeka sa bude volať Kresťanská únia". Postoy. 2019-02-18. ISSN 1336-720X. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ^ "Čo majú spoločné pani Keltošová, pani Záborská, pán Škripek a pán Vašečka?". Postoj Media. 2019-02-23. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. ^ "Záborská ani Vašečka sa s KDH nedohodli" (in Slovak). .týždeň - iný pohľad na spoločnosť. 2019-09-19.
  8. ^ "OBYČAJNÍ ĽUDIA a nezávislé osobnosti" (in Slovak).
  9. ^ "Kandidátka OĽaNO". scribd.com.
  10. ^ "Matovič ponúkol miesto na kandidátke KDH. Hlina ho odmietol a uviedol aj dôvod". www.noviny.sk.
  11. ^ "OBYČAJNÍ ĽUDIA a nezávislé osobnosti (OĽANO), NOVA, Kresťanská únia (KÚ), ZMENA ZDOLA – Wikipédia". sk.m.wikipedia.org.
  12. ^ "Bodka za voľbami" (in Slovak). blog.postoj.sk.
  13. ^ "RNDR. MGR. Ján Szőllős, CSC".
  14. ^ "PHDR. Katarína Hatráková".
  15. ^ "MGR. Radovan Marcinčin".

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