Republic Movement
Far-right political party in Slovakia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Republic Movement (Slovak: Hnutie Republika) is an extremist[6][7][8][9] far-right[10] political party in Slovakia led by Milan Uhrík.[11][12] The party is often regarded as neo-fascist[2][13][3][14][4] despite some political experts contesting this description.[6][10]
Republic Movement Hnutie Republika | |
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Chairperson | Milan Uhrík |
Founded | 9 March 2021 (2021-03-09) |
Split from | People's Party Our Slovakia (ĽSNS) |
Preceded by | Voice of the People (legal) |
Headquarters | Nitra |
Youth wing | Mladí Republikáni |
Women's wing | Ženy v Republike |
Membership (2022) | 1,044 (31. 12. 2022)[1] |
Ideology | |
Political position | |
European Parliament group | Europe of Sovereign Nations |
Colours | Red and blue |
National Council | 0 / 150 |
European Parliament | 2 / 15 |
Website | |
hnutie-republika.sk | |
Founded in March 2021 by Uhrík and other former members of the far-right neo-Nazi party People's Party Our Slovakia (ĽSNS) of Marian Kotleba, the movement took over and renamed the existing party Voice of the People (Slovak: Hlas Ľudu) led by Peter Marček, which had only 50 members in 2018. Marček was later kicked out of the party.
Due to the defection of former ĽSNS representatives, the party had five seats in the National Council of the Slovak Republic before the 2023 election. Uhrík was elected a member of the European Parliament for ĽSNS in 2019.