New Majority (Slovak: Nová väčšina, NOVA) is a conservative
political party in Slovakia.
The ideology of this political party is liberalism and Christian democracy.
Naming history
* : New Majority (; NOVA)
* : New Majority (Daniel Lipšic) (; NOVA)
* : New Majority – Agreement (D. Lipšic) (; NOVA)
* From : NEW ()
History
The party was established on 2 September 2012 by
Daniel Lipšic and
Jana Žitňanská, representatives of Slovak national council, who had previously left the
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 ...
(KDH). Daniel Lipšic, who had also been the vice-president of his former party, was elected its president. They represent a conservative faction of party. In May 2013, five representatives of
Freedom and Solidarity
Freedom and Solidarity (, SaS), also called Saska, is a Centre-right politics, centre-right political party in Slovakia. Established in 2009,. SaS was founded by economist Richard Sulík, who designed Slovakia's flat tax system. It generally hol ...
(SaS) ,
Juraj Droba,
Daniel Krajcer,
Juraj Miškov, and
Martin Chren left the party, joining New Majority. They represent a liberal faction of the party.
In the
2014 European elections, New Majority came in fifth place nationally, receiving 6.83% of the vote and electing 1
MEP.
In the 2016 parliamentary elections NOVA ran its candidates on a common list with
Ordinary People
''Ordinary People'' is a 1980 American Tragedy, tragedy film directed by Robert Redford in his List of directorial debuts, feature directorial debut. The screenplay by Alvin Sargent is based on the Ordinary People (Guest novel), 1976 novel by ...
, getting two of them elected.
Election results
National Council
European Parliament
References
External links
Nova official website
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European Conservatives and Reformists Group member parties
Conservative parties in Slovakia
Liberal conservative parties in Slovakia
Classical liberal parties
Christian democratic parties in Slovakia
Political parties established in 2012
Political parties disestablished in 2015
2012 establishments in Slovakia
2015 disestablishments in Slovakia
Christian Democratic Movement breakaway groups