The Union of the Workers of Slovakia ( sk, Združenie robotníkov Slovenska, ZRS) was a radical-left party in Slovakia.
History
The Union of the Workers of Slovakia (Združenie robotníkov Slovenska, ZRS) split from the
Party of the Democratic Left (SDL) in 1994. In the
1994 parliamentary election the party gained 7.34% of the votes and 13 seats. Although calling themselves "agrarian-left" the deputies entered the coalition of the
national-conservative People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia
Former headquarters of the ĽS-HZDS political party at Tomášikova Street 32/A in Bratislava
The Movement for a Democratic Slovakia ( sk, Hnutie za demokratické Slovensko, HZDS) was a national-populist political party in Slovakia. The party ...
and the nationalist
Slovak National Party
The Slovak National Party ( sk, Slovenská národná strana, SNS) is a nationalist political party in Slovakia. The party characterizes itself as a nationalist party based on both social and the European Christian values.
Since 1990 SNS has won ...
. The ZRS occupied the Ministry of Privatization to ensure that key industries remained under state control. The ZRS stated on its webpage that it had prevented privatizations in the gas industry, energy sector, telecommunications, banks and insurance.
The ZRS had no international affiliations and did not run in the
2004 or
2009 European Parliament elections.
In the
1998 parliamentary election the ZRS received 1.30% of the votes. The ZRS received 0.54% of the vote in
2002 and 0.29% in
2006. In the
2010 parliamentary election the party received 0.24% of the votes – below the poll's error margin of 0.6%.
The president of the ZRS was .
The party dissolved in November 2017.
References
External links
Official Homepage(archived)
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Socialist parties in Slovakia
Defunct agrarian political parties