Concretely ( sl, Konkretno) is a

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led by former Minister of Economical Development and Techonolgy

Zdravko Počivalšek Zdravko Počivalšek (born 25 November 1957) is a Slovenian politician. He served as the Minister of Economic Development and Technology in the 12th, 13th and 14th Government of Slovenia. He was also the president of Modern Centre Party The M ...

. Founding congress took place on 4 December 2021 in Celje. Concretly is a result of a merger between the

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(SMC) and Economic Activity Party (). It is a member of Let's Connect Slovenia alliance.

History

At Počivalšek's takeover on the lead of the political party in 2019 he announced consolidation of SMC party. On SMC congress on 16 September Počivalšek announced a fusion with GAS, which was led by the president of the National Council of Slovenia,

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. Delegates of both parties supported the merger, they also announced a merger with a few smaller local parties. GAS made a decision about consolidation in November 2021. On 4 December 2021, SMC merged with the extra-parliamentary Economic Activity Party. With this, SMC's membership in Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE) was automatically terminated. After the process, newly formed Concretely kept its 5 members of the Parliament. Later in December 2021, MP

Mateja Udovč Mateja ( sr, Матеја) is a given name, variant of the Greek given name ''Mathias'' (Matthew). In Serbian, it's a masculine name, while in Croatian and Slovene, it's a feminine name. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Mateja And ...

left the party, leaving Concretely with 4 members of the parliament (the number which it kept until the 8th term of Slovene National Assembly concluded in 2022).

Results

National Assembly

References

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