Coexistence (political party)

Coexistence (Slovak: Spolužitie, Hungarian: Együttélés, Polish: Wspólnota, Czech: Soužití) was a political party in Czechoslovakia and Slovakia between 1990 and 1998. Although largely a Hungarian minority party, its membership also included Germans, Poles, Ruthenians and Ukrainians.^[3] Their Czech sister party still exists.^[4]

Coexistence Együttélés-Spolužitie-Wspólnota-Soužití
Abbreviation	COEX, EGY
Leader	Miklós Duray
Founded	1990
Dissolved	18 March 1998
Merged into	Party of the Hungarian Coalition
Membership (1997)	6,000[1]
Ideology	Minority politics Hungarian nationalism[1][2]
Political position	Centre-left[2]
International affiliation	Liberal International
Colours	Green
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History

The party was established in February 1990 by Miklós Duray,^[5] and allied with the Hungarian Christian Democratic Movement to take part in the general elections that year.^[6] In the elections to the Czechoslovakian Federal Assembly the two parties won five seats in the Chamber of the People and seven in the Chamber of the Nations. In the elections to the National Council of Slovakia the alliance won 14 seats.

The parties maintained their alliance for the 1992 elections,^[7] maintaining the same number of seats in the Federal Assembly and the Slovak National Council.

In 1994 Coexistence allied with the Hungarian Christian Democratic Movement and the Hungarian Civic Party to form the Hungarian Coalition.^[8] In the elections that year the alliance won seventeen seats (nine of which were Coexistence members),^[5] making it the third largest party in the National Council. The three parties officially merged into the Party of the Hungarian Coalition on 18 March 1998.^[9]

References

1. Szomolimyil, Sofia; Meseznikov, Grzgorij (1997). "Das Parteiensystem der Slowakei". Parteiensysteme in postkommunistischen Gesellschaften Osteuropas (PDF) (paywall). pp. 145, 155. doi:10.1007/978-3-322-85102-4. ISBN 978-3-322-85102-4. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
2. Koudelka, Zdeněk (14 February 1997). "Současná Slovenská politika" (PDF). Politologický Časopis: 204. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
3. Janusz Bugajski (2002) Political Parties of Eastern Europe: A Guide to Politics in the Post-Communist Era ME Sharpe, p320
4. "Miklósa Duraya osieroceni Polacy na dalekim Śląsku". Coexistentia.
5. Bugajski, p319
6. Dataset: Slovakia: Parliamentary Election 1990 Archived 2012-12-30 at the Wayback Machine European Election Database
7. Dataset: Slovakia: Parliamentary Election 1992 Archived 2012-12-30 at the Wayback Machine European Election Database
8. Bugajski, p318
9. Hungarians in the Slovak Government NISPAcee