), previously the Party of Citizens of Slovakia, is a

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led by

Boris Kollár Boris Kollár (born 14 August 1965), BJK, is a Slovak businessman and politician serving as the Speaker of the National Council of the Slovak Republic. Political career In 2015, he started the political party We Are Family ( sk, Sme Rodina). ...

known for its populism and opposition to immigration. The positions of the party to

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are

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but it is for in favor of a ''status quo.'' The party rejects the federalization of

and also

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. We Are Family is popular mainly at the national level and less at the local level. Vice-presidents of party are Minister of labour Milan Krajniak, parliamentary deputies Petra Krištúfková and Peter Pčolinský (who is also the chairman of the parliamentary group of the party).

History

The party was founded on 10 November 2015 by businessman Boris Kollár by renaming and repurposing an existing minor party named Our Land (''Náš Kraj''). The party took 6.6% of the vote in the 2016 parliamentary election, winning 11 seats in the National Council.Post-election: Possible combinations after Slovak election
Spectator, 7 March 2016 In February 2019, the party joined the

Identity and Democracy Party The Identity and Democracy Party (french: link=no, Parti Identité et Démocratie; it, Partito Identità e Democrazia; german: link=no, Identität und Demokratie Partei), abbreviated to ID Party and formerly known as the Movement for a Europe ...

Election results

National Council

European Parliament

Presidential

References

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