Summary
Concretely (Slovene: Konkretno) is a liberal political party in Slovenia led by former Minister of Economical Development and Technology Zdravko Počivalšek. Founding congress took place on 4 December 2021 in Celje. Concretely is a result of a merger between the Modern Centre Party (SMC) and Economic Activity Party (GAS). It is a member of Let's Connect Slovenia alliance.[1]
Concretely Konkretno | |
|---|---|
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| President | Zdravko Počivalšek |
| Founder | Zdravko Počivalšek Alojz Kovšca |
| Founded | 4 December 2021 |
| Merger of | SMC GAS |
| Headquarters | Ljubljana |
| Ideology | Liberalism Conservative liberalism Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Centre |
| National affiliation | Let's Connect Slovenia |
| Regional affiliation | Liberal South East European Network (LIBSEEN) |
| International affiliation | Liberal International |
| National Assembly | 0 / 90 |
| Mayors | 0 / 212 |
| Municipal council | 9 / 2,750 |
| Website | |
| konkretno.si | |
History edit
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, Alojz Kovšca. Delegates of both parties supported the merger, they also announced a merger with a few[quantify] 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.[2] With this, SMC's membership in Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE) was automatically terminated.[3] After the process, newly formed Concretely kept its 5 members of the Parliament. Later in December 2021, MP Mateja Udovč left the party,[4] 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 edit
National Assembly edit
| Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Government |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022[a] | Zdravko Počivalšek | 40,612 | 3.41 (#7) | 0 / 90
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New | Extra-parliamentary |
- ^ Run within Let's Connect Slovenia coalition.[5]
References edit
- ^ "Skupna lista Povežimo Slovenijo bo gotovo ena najmočnejših list na parlamentarnih volitvah" (in Slovenian).
- ^ "Na združitvenem kongresu SMC-ja in GAS-a nastala stranka Konkretno". Rtvslo.si (in Slovenian). 4 December 2021.
- ^ "SMC in GAS postala Konkretno in ostala brez članstva v evropski Alde". 24ur.com (in Slovenian). 4 December 2021.
- ^ "Kaj prestop Udovč pomeni za koalicijo in Našo deželo?". n1info.si (in Slovenian). N1. 15 December 2021.
- ^ "Election to the National Assembly 2022". 7 May 2022. Archived from the original on 20 August 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.