The Social Democratic Alternative ( sk, Sociálnodemokratická alternatíva) was a

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. In 2001 the '' Party of the Democratic Left'' (''SDL'') more and more turned away from the Dzurinda-government – the then finance minister

Brigita Schmögnerová Brigita Schmögnerová (born 17 November 1947) is a Slovak economist and politician. She was the Minister of Finance of Slovakia from 1998 to 2002 under Prime Minister Mikuláš Dzurinda. She was appointed Executive Secretary of the United Nati ...

and other popular politicians from the social-liberal wing of the ''SDL'' (like Peter Weiss and Milan Ftáčnik) the ''SDL'' to found a ''"modern,

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and anti-populist"'' party.Cdilla Machos: ''Organisationsstrukturen linker Parlamentsparteien in Ostmitteleuropa'', Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung 2002. At the last

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, 20 and 21 September 2002, the party won 1.8% of the popular vote and no seats. It merged with the '' SMER'' party as from January 2005.

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