Network (Slovak party)

Network
Sieť
Abbreviation SIEŤ
Leader Roman Brecely
Founder Radoslav Procházka
Founded 12 June 2014
Headquarters Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Membership  (2016) 1,800[1]
Ideology Centrism[2]
Social conservatism[3][4]
Political position Centre to Centre-right[5]
National Council
2 / 150
Website
http://www.siet.sk/

Network (Slovak: Sieť, self-styled #SIEŤ) is a centre to centre-right political party in Slovakia. It was established by Radoslav Procházka, a former member of Christian Democratic Movement (KDH).

History

The party was founded by Radoslav Procházka in June 2014, after the 2014 presidential election. NETWORK polled above 10% being second to SMER and was expected to become major centre-right party after 2016 parliamentary election.[6]

The party received only 5.6% of votes and 10 seats in the actual election. The low support of NETWORK was one of many surprises of the election.[7] NETWORK became part of governing coalition led by SMER which led to split in the party and another loss of support and departure of members including 3 MPs. Party fell to 1% in polls. [8] Procházka was replaced by Roman Brecely in August 2016.[9][10] 5 MPs led by Andrej Hrnčiar then left the party with intention to join Most-Híd. This left SIEŤ with only 2 MPs.[11]

Prime Minister Robert Fico announced on 19 August that SIEŤ ministers will resign and SIEŤ will be integrated into one of other coalition parties.[12]

Leaders

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "#Sieť opúšťa 214 členov, ďalších 83 odchod zvažuje, informuje Beblavý". Hlavné Správy. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "Sieť chce zmeniť štát. Procházka ju označil za stredovú stranu". HN Online. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "V sieti chytľavých nápadov". Časopis Týždeň. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  4. ↑ Kern, Miro. "Chudák Slovák - Echo24.cz". echo24.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  5. ↑ Virostkova, Lucia (4 March 2016). "Slovakia votes with migrants and corruption in mind". EUobserver.
  6. ↑ "Slováci volí poslance, jednobarevný Fico asi končí. Čeká se koalice". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  7. ↑ "ANALÝZA: Překvapivé slovenské volby? Ne, jen nesmyslný zákaz průzkumů". iDNES.cz. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  8. ↑ "Beblavý: Sieť sa trhá, vyše 200 členov definitívne odchádza". Aktuality.sk. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  9. ↑ s., P E R E X , a. (13 August 2016). "Novým šéfom Siete je Brecely, Procházka sa za vulgarizmy ospravedlnil - Pravda.sk" (in Slovak). Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  10. ↑ "Procházkova éra sa definitívne skončila. Novým predsedom #Siete je Roman Brecely | Aktuálne.sk". Aktuálně.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  11. ↑ "Stranu Sieť opustila pätica poslancov". Trend.sk. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  12. ↑ "Minister dopravy Roman Brecely sa vzdá svojej funkcie". Sme.sk. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
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