This article is intended to give an overview of liberalism in Slovakia.

History

Liberalism has never influenced politics in Slovakia. The neoliberal

Alliance of the New Citizen The Alliance of the New Citizen (, ANO) was a liberal political party in Slovakia existing from 2001 to 2011. The acronym was a pun on ''áno'', Slovak for "yes". It was founded and led by media entrepreneur Pavol Rusko. The party positioned itsel ...

(''Aliancia Nového Občana'', observer LI, member ELDR) campaigns on a relatively liberal platform.

From Independent Hungarian Initiative to Hungarian Civic Party

*1989: Hungarian liberals establish the Independent Hungarian Initiative (''Független Magyar Kezdeményezés'') *1992: The party is renamed the Hungarian Civic Party (''Magyar Polgári Párt'') *1998: The party merged into the Hungarian Coalition Party (''Magyar Koalíció Pártja'')

From Alliance of Democrats to Democratic Union of Slovakia

*1944: The conservative Democratic Party (''Demokratická strana'') was founded *1948: DS was replaced by the por-communist

Party of Slovak Revival Party of Slovak Revival ( sk, Strana slovenskej obrody, SSO) was a political party founded in 1948 by pro-Communist members of the Slovak Democratic Party. It was accepted into the Czechoslovak National Front and got 17 seats in the Slovak parl ...

(''Strana slovenskej obrody'') *1989: SSO renamed itself to Democratic Party (''Demokratická strana'') *1989:

Public Against Violence Public Against Violence ( sk, Verejnosť proti násiliu, VPN) was a political movement established in Bratislava, Slovakia in November 1989. It was the Slovak counterpart of the Czech Civic Forum. Velvet Revolution Public Against Violence (VPN) ...

(''Verejnosť proti násiliu'') was formed *1991: VPN was renamed to Civic Democratic Union (''Občianska demokratická únia'') *1993: Dissidents from the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia established the Alliance of Democrats of the Slovak Republic, led by Milan Kňažko *1994: The party merged with a second dissident group, the Alliance for Political Realism, into the Democratic Union of Slovakia (''Demokratická Únia na Slovensku'') *1994: ODÚ and Democrats 92 merged into DS *1995: The party merged with the National Democratic Party into the Democratic Union (''Demokratická Únia'') *2000: Liberal Democratic Union (''Liberálnodemokratická únia'') split from DÚ *2001: Civic Conservative Party split from DÚ *2002: DÚ and DS merged into the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (''Slovenská demokratická a kresťanská únia'') *2004: Free Forum (''Slobodné fórum'') split from SDKÚ-DS *2002: LDÚ was renamed to Democratic Union of Slovakia (''Demokratická Únia na Slovensku'') *2006: Democratic Party of Slovakia (''Demokratická strana Slovenska'') was formed *2007: DSS renamed itself to Democratic Party (''Demokratická strana'') *2010: The party was renamed to Change from Bottom, Democratic Union of Slovakia (''Zmena zdola, Demokratická únia Slovenska'') *2016: SF dissolved *2018:

Together – Civic Democracy ''ToGetHer'' (, aka Superstar Express) is a 2009 Taiwanese drama starring Jiro Wang of Fahrenheit, Rainie Yang and George Hu. It was produced by Comic International Productions ( 可米國際影視事業股份有限公司) and directed by Linzi ...

(''SPOLU – občianska demokracia'') led by former SDKÚ-DS member Miroslav Beblavý split from #SIEŤ *2018: SDKÚ-DS dissolved *2019: Former SDKÚ-DS MP Ondrej Matej founds Transportation (''DOPRAVA'') later renamed to Voice of the Right (''Hlas pravice'')

Alliance of the New Citizen to Freedom and Solidarity

*2001: Liberals around

Pavol Rusko Pavol Rusko is retired Slovak politician, television magnate and convinced fraudster. He served as the Minister of Economy of Slovakia between 2003 and 2005 and Managing Director of TV Markíza, at the time Slovakia's most viewed private TV stati ...

established the

(''Aliancia Nového Občana'') *2006: Hope (''NÁDEJ'') split from ANO *2007-2009: End of the activity of ANO *2008: Former Minister of Economy Robert Nemcsics (ANO) founds League, Civic-Liberal Party (''LIGA, občiansko-liberálna strana'') *2009, March: Liberals around the economist Richard Sulík established the

Freedom and Solidarity Freedom and Solidarity ( sk, Sloboda a solidarita, SaS) is a liberal political party in Slovakia. Established in 2009, SaS is led by its founder and economist Richard Sulík, who designed Slovakia's flat tax system. It generally holds libertari ...

(''Sloboda a Solidarita''), which is the ideological successor of the

*2009, August: NÁDEJ dissolves *2013: LIGA renames itself to DIRECT DEMOCRACY, becomes an eurosceptic and separates from their liberal roots

Other parties

*2009: European Democratic Party (''EURÓPSKA DEMOKRATICKÁ STRANA'') was formed *2016–17: Liberals founded

Progressive Slovakia Progressive Slovakia ( sk, Progresívne Slovensko) is a social-liberal, progressive, pro-European political party in Slovakia established in 2017. The party is led by European Parliament vice-president Michal Šimečka. In the European Parliam ...

(''Progresívne Slovensko'')

History

From Independent Hungarian Initiative to Hungarian Civic Party

From Alliance of Democrats to Democratic Union of Slovakia

Alliance of the New Citizen to Freedom and Solidarity

Other parties

See also