Republic ( sk, Republika) is a
far-right
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political party
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in Slovakia, led by
Milan Uhrík
Milan Uhrík (born 21 December 1984) is a Slovak politician who was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2019.https://www.etrend.sk/ekonomika/novi-europoslanci-ps-a-spolu-maju-styroch-smer-troch-kotlebovci-dvoch.html. He was a mem ...
.
It was founded in March 2021 by Uhrík and a group of former members of
Marian Kotleba
Marian Kotleba (; born 7 April 1977) is a Slovak politician and leader of the far-right, neo-Nazi 's far-right
People's Party Our Slovakia
People's Party Our Slovakia ( sk, Ľudová strana naše Slovensko, ĽSNS) is a far-right neo-Nazi political party in Slovakia. The party claims to derive its origin from the legacy of Ľudovít Štúr, Andrej Hlinka and Jozef Tiso.
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(ĽSNS). Instead of filing a completely new party (which would require the collection of 10,000 supporters' signatures), they took over and renamed the existing "Voice of the People" ( sk, Hlas Ľudu) party led by
Peter Marček
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, which had just 50 members in 2018.
Due to defection of former ĽSNS representatives, the party has five seats in the Slovak
National Council. Milan Uhrík himself is a
member of the European Parliament
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, elected for ĽSNS in 2019.
See also
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List of political parties in Slovakia
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References
External links
Official website
Far-right political parties in Slovakia
Political parties established in 2021
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