Voice – Social Democracy
Slovak political party / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Voice – Social Democracy (Slovak: Hlas – sociálna demokracia, Hlas–SD), also commonly referred to as Hlas, is a social democratic and populist political party in Slovakia.[12] It was founded in 2020 by dissidents from Direction – Social Democracy (Smer)[13] led by former prime minister Peter Pellegrini. In October 2022, it was admitted as an associate member of the Party of European Socialists (PES),[14] although its membership was later suspended in October 2023.[15]
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Voice – Social Democracy Hlas – sociálna demokracia | |
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Abbreviation | Hlas–SD |
Chairperson | Matúš Šutaj Eštok |
Vice-Chairpersons | |
General Manager | TBD |
Founder | Peter Pellegrini |
Founded | 29 June 2020; 4 years ago (2020-06-29) |
Registered | 11 September 2020; 3 years ago (2020-09-11) |
Split from | Direction – Social Democracy (Smer–SD) |
Headquarters | Lazaretská 2400/15, Bratislava |
Think tank | Institute of Social Democracy |
Membership (2022) | 2,164[1] |
Ideology | |
Political position | Centre-left[9] |
European affiliation | Party of European Socialists (suspended) |
European Parliament group | Non-Inscrits |
Colors | Red Red-violet Blue |
Slogan | "Only a strong state will help people" (2023)[10] |
National Council | 27 / 150 |
European Parliament | 1 / 15 |
Regional governors[11] | 1 / 8 |
Regional deputies[lower-alpha 1][11] | 60 / 419 |
Mayors[lower-alpha 2][11] | 649 / 2,904 |
Local councillors[lower-alpha 3][11] | 2,700 / 20,462 |
Website | |
strana-hlas | |
Several members of the party's presidium, including its founder Peter Pellegrini, are associated with bribery and abuse of power in the testimonies of cooperating defendants. In December 2020, the National Crime Agency charged Peter Žiga, a member of the party's presidium, with bribery.