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2024 European Parliament Election In Slovakia
The 2024 European Parliament election in Slovakia was held on 8 June 2024 as part of the 2024 European Parliament election. This was the fifth European Parliament election held in Slovakia, and the first to take place after Brexit. Background The Slovak government and the European Union have clashed over domestic legal reforms. Electoral system Compared to last election, Slovakia is entitled to two more MEP: one already assigned in 2020 in the occasion of the redistribution post Brexit, and one assigned in 2023 after a pre-election assessment of the Parliament composition based on the most recent population figures. The 15 members are elected through semi-open list proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency with seats allocated through largest remainder method and a 5% electoral threshold. Both Slovak citizens and other non-Slovak EU citizens residing in the country are entitled to vote in the European elections in Slovakia. No registration is needed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Members Of The European Parliament For Slovakia, 2019–2024
This is a list of the 14 members of the European Parliament for Slovakia in the 2019 to 2024 session. These MEPs were elected at the 2019 European Parliament election in Slovakia. List On the Progressive Slovakia–Together list: (Renew)–(EPP Group) #Michal Šimečka (PS) # Vladimír Bilčík (SPOLU) # Michal Wiezik (SPOLU) #Martin Hojsík (PS) On the Direction – Social Democracy list: ( S&D) #Monika Beňová # Miroslav Čiž # Róbert Hajšel On the Kotleba – People's Party Our Slovakia list: (Non-Inscrits) #Milan Uhrík # Miroslav Radačovský On the Freedom and Solidarity list: ( ECR) #Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová # Eugen Jurzyca On the Christian Democratic Movement list: (EPP Group) # Ivan Štefanec # Miriam Lexmann – since 1 February 2020MEP gaining the seat after Brexit. On the Ordinary People and Independent Personalities list: (EPP Group) # Peter Pollák Replacements * Miriam Lexmann took her newly created seat following Brexit * Katarína Roth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Open List
Open list describes any variant of party-list proportional representation where voters have at least some influence on the order in which a Political party, party's candidates are elected. This is as opposed to closed list, in which party lists are in a predetermined, fixed order by the time of the election and gives the general voter no influence at all on the position of the candidates placed on the party list. An open list system allows voters to select individuals rather than, or in addition to parties. Different systems give the voter different amounts of influence to change the default ranking. The voter's candidate choices are usually called preference vote; the voters are usually allowed one or more preference votes for the open list candidates. Open lists differ from mixed-member proportional representation, also known as "personalized proportional representation" in Germany. Some Mixed electoral system, mixed systems, however, may use open lists in their list-PR compon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jablko
Jablko () is a Slovak political party founded by MEP Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová. , the party is in the process of creation and registration. Party name According to Nicholsonová, the name was chosen to be "something fresh, beautiful, juicy, tasty, with a beautiful story". History The creation of the party was announced on 11 January 2023. According to Nicholsonová, Jablko is a "modern, centrist and pro-European party". The party plans to participate in the 2023 Slovak parliamentary election. The party sees Progressive Slovakia and Freedom and Solidarity as its potential coalition partners. See also * Yabloko The Russian United Democratic Party Yabloko (RUDP Yabloko; rus, Росси́йская объединённая демократи́ческая па́ртия «Я́блоко», Rossiyskaya obyedinyonnaya demokraticheskaya partiya "Yabloko" ..., a Russian political party of the same name References Centrist parties in Slovakia Liberal parties in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michal Wiezik
Michal Wiezik (born 14 June 1979) is a Slovak environmentalist and politician who was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2019. Early life and education Born 14 June 1979 in Martin, Wiezik attended Viliam Paulíny Tóth grammar school and studied environmental protection at the Technical University in Zvolen. Following his studies, he obtained PhD. at the same university and became a professor there. In August 2023, he criticised the university for admitting a far right politician to its PhD program, despite Suja having no previous track record in environmental studies. Political career Apart from his committee assignments, Wiezik is part of the European Parliament Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development. He is also part of the European Parliament Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas. On 6 December 2021, Wiezik left Democrats to join Progressive Slovakia. He later left the European People's Party to join the Renew E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Hojsík
Martin Hojsík (born 27 January 1977) is a Slovak activist, an environmental expert and a politician elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2019. In addition to his committee assignments, Hojsík is a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals and a member of the political group Renew Europe. He is also a vice chairman of the political party Progressive Slovakia and their expert on environmental issues and sustainability. In 2020, Hojsík appeared in the chart of American political opinion magazine Politico "20 MEPs to watch in 2020" and in the series of articles "''Changemakers''", where he was named as one of the MEPs, who will be the main leaders of positive changes in the fight against pesticides. He was the Chief Program Officer (CPO) and Executive Board member of the international charity FOUR PAWS. In the past, he worked on global campaigns for ActionAid International and Greenpeace International to change corporate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Progressive Slovakia
Progressive Slovakia (, PS) is a liberal and social-liberal political party in Slovakia established in 2017. The party is led by Michal Šimečka, a former Vice President of the European Parliament. It is a member of the Renew Europe group and is a full member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party. PS currently has 6 MEPs: Ľudovít Ódor (former Prime Minister of Slovakia), Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová (a former journalist), Martin Hojsík, Michal Wiezik (both environmental activists), Ľubica Karvašová, and Lucia Yar. Zuzana Čaputová, the Former president of Slovakia who is also the co-founder and former deputy leader of PS who won the 2019 Slovak presidential election, was nominated by the party for the election, focusing her campaign on themes of anti-corruption, environmentalism, and pro-Europeanism. In the National Council, it was first represented by deputy Tomáš Valášek elected for For the People, which he left in 2021. In loca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renew Europe
Renew Europe (or simply Renew) is a liberal, centrist to centre-right, pro-European political group of the European Parliament founded for the ninth European Parliament term. The group is the successor to the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) group which existed during the sixth, seventh and eighth terms from 2004 to 2019, and under a variety of other names in earlier Parliaments. Renew Europe in the European Committee of the Regions is the sister group of Renew Europe. History In May 2019, speaking at a debate leading up to the 2019 European Parliament election, Guy Verhofstadt, president of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) group, announced that, following the election, the ALDE Group intended to dissolve and form a new alliance with French President Emmanuel Macron's "Renaissance" electoral list. During and following the European elections, the group temporarily styled itself "ALDE plus Renaissance plus USR PLUS". The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimír Bilčík
Vladimír Bilčík (born 27 May 1975) is a Slovak university lecturer and politician of the Slovak party Democrats. He has served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2019 to 2024. During the 2019 European Parliament election in Slovakia, Bilčík ran as the leader of Democrats, as part of a coalition with Progressive Slovakia. He got 26,202 preferential votes in total. Political career Bilčík has been a member of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO), where he serves as his parliamentary group's coordinator; the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE), within which he engages in the protection of the rule of law, the fight against misinformation, and the hybrid threats; and the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET), where he serves as the Parliament's rapporteur for relations with Serbia. Bilčík is part of the Democracy, Rule of Law & Fundamental Rights Monitoring Group. In 2020, Bilčík joined the Special Committee on Foreign Interf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Pollák
Peter Pollák (born 20 April 1973) is a Slovak politician who has served as a Member of the European Parliament. Early life and education Born 20 April 1973 in Levoča, Pollák is of Romani origin. His father worked as an excavator in the Czech Republic whilst his mother was a cleaner in a kindergarten. Pollák has four siblings, three of whom are educated although his brothers did not obtain a diploma. Political career During the 2012 Slovak parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 10 March 2012 to elect the 150 members of the National Council. The elections followed the fall of Prime Minister Iveta Radičová's Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party-led ..., Pollák ran in the eighth place of the OĽaNO candidates and finished 14th by winning 6072 preferential votes. He became the first member of Romani origin. Pollák also works as a member of the Permanent Delegation of the Slovak Republic to the OSCE Parliamentary Asse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovakia (political Party)
Slovakia (), known as Ordinary People and Independent Personalities (, OĽANO) until 2023, is a populist political party in Slovakia. Founded in 2011 by former businessman Igor Matovič, the party champions anti-corruption, anti-elitist and anti-establishment sentiments. It is also frequently identified as a business-firm party. The party served as the parliamentary opposition during two electoral terms: 2012–2016 and 2016–2020. In 2020, it emerged victorious in the parliamentary election and subsequently formed a coalition government. In government, the party advocated for conservative, familistic policies through the implementation of expanded social welfare and pro-natalist measures, while concurrently opposing the promotion of LGBT and reproductive rights. Following the collapse of the governing coalition and subsequent snap election in 2023, the party has been opposition once again. History Opposition (2012–2020) The initial four Ordinary People (OĽaNO) M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Štefanec
Ivan Štefanec (born 30 September 1961 in Považská Bystrica) is a Slovak politician and business manager, former member of the Slovak Parliament and current member of the European Parliament for Christian Democratic Movement. Early life and education Štefanec was born in Považská Bystrica, Slovakia. After graduating from high school in 1979, he studied at the University of Economics in Bratislava studying Economic Mathematics from 1979 to 1983. Štefanec later supplemented his studies with a postgraduate English studies at Comenius University in Bratislava between 1987 and 1989. From 1991 until 1992, he became one of the first Czechoslovak students to use the opportunity to study abroad and graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology with the first MBA program for managers in Central and Eastern Europe. Among many reputable professors, Štefanec was taught by Douglas North who won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1993. The following year in 1994, he finished his scient ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Democratic Movement
The Christian Democratic Movement (, KDH) is a Christian democratic political party in Slovakia that is a member of the European People's Party (EPP) and an observer of the Centrist Democrat International The Centrist Democrat International (CDI; , IDC) is a political international inspired by the values of Christian democracy. Until 2001, it was known as the Christian Democrat International (CDI); before 1999, it was known as the Christian Demo .... History In the 2014 European elections, KDH came second place nationally, receiving 13.21% of the vote and electing 2 MEPs. In the 2016 parliamentary election, the party only won 4.94% of the vote, losing all of its seats. This was the first time since its inception that the party did not reach the parliament. Following the electoral defeat, KDH elected Alojz Hlina its new leader. Party leaders Election results Czechoslovak Parliament Slovak National Council National Council European Parliament President See als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
