New Majority (Slovak: Nová väčšina, NOVA) is a conservative
political party in Slovakia.
Naming history
* : New Majority ( sk, Nová väčšina; NOVA)
* : New Majority (Daniel Lipšic) ( sk, Nová väčšina (Daniel Lipšic); NOVA)
* : New Majority – Agreement (D. Lipšic) ( sk, Nová väčšina – Dohoda (D. Lipšic); NOVA)
* From : NEW ( sk, NOVA)
History
The party was established on 2 September 2012 by
Daniel Lipšic
Daniel Lipšic (born 8 July 1973) is a Slovak politician and Jurist. He is a former Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Justice and former Minister of Interior. Until 28 May 2012 he was a member of the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH), in whic ...
and
Jana Žitňanská, representatives of Slovak national council, who had previously left the
Christian Democratic Movement
The Christian Democratic Movement ( sk, Kresťanskodemokratické hnutie, KDH) is a Christian democracy, Christian-democratic List of political parties in Slovakia, political party in Slovakia that is a member of the European People's Party (EPP ...
(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 ( 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 ...
(SaS) ,
Juraj Droba
Juraj Droba (born 25 May 1971 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia) is a Slovak politician and businessman serving since 2017 as Governor of Bratislava region since 4 December 2017. Between 2010 and 2018, he was an MP in the National Council of Slovaki ...
,
Daniel Krajcer
Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength" ...
,
Juraj Miškov, and
Martin Chren left the party, joining New Majority. They represent a liberal faction of the party.
In the
2014 European elections
Fourteen or 14 may refer to:
* 14 (number), the natural number following 13 and preceding 15
* one of the years 14 BC, AD 14, 1914, 2014
Music
* 14th (band), a British electronic music duo
* ''14'' (David Garrett album), 2013
*''14'', an unrel ...
, 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 drama film directed by Robert Redford in his directorial debut. The screenplay by Alvin Sargent is based on the 1976 novel of the same name by Judith Guest. The film follows the disintegration of an upp ...
, getting two of them elected.
Election results
National Council
European Parliament
Notes
References
External links
Nova official website
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European Conservatives and Reformists 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
Christian Democratic Movement breakaway groups