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We Are Family (Slovakia)

Right-wing populist political movement in Slovakia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

We Are Family (Slovakia)
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We Are Family (Slovak: Sme rodina) is a national-conservative and right-wing populist political party in Slovakia founded in 2011. It is led by businessman Boris Kollár who was Speaker of the National Council from 2020 to 2023.

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It won seats the National Council in the 2016 and 2020 parliamentary elections, serving in the opposition from 2016 to 2020 and as the junior government party from 2020 to 2023. It did not win any seats in the 2019 European Parliament election. It was a member of the Eurosceptic Identity and Democracy, which is an alliance of political parties in Europe.

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The party was originally registered in 6 July 2011 as Party of Citizens of Slovakia (Strana občanov Slovenska).[1] In November 2015 the party was taken over by Boris Kollár, who renamed it "We Are Family – Boris Kollár" (Sme Rodina - Boris Kollár).[10][1] The party received 7% of the vote in the 2016 parliamentary election, winning 11 seats in the National Council.[11][12] The party joined the pan-Europe Identity and Democracy Party in February 2019, after which dropping Boris Kollár from its name the same year in November.[1]

In the 2023 parliamentary elections, We Are Family received 2% of the vote and lost all of its seats in the National Council.

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Election results

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