Christian Union (Slovakia) Explained

Christian Union
Native Name:Kresťanská únia
Native Name Lang:sk
Leader:Anna Záborská
Founder:Tomáš Černý
Headquarters:Sládkovičova 11, Bratislava-Staré Mesto
Ideology:Christian right
National conservatism
Social conservatism
Position:Right-wing
Split:Christian Democratic Movement (KÚ)
National:OĽaNO and Friends
European:ECPM
Colours: Blue
Membership Year:2023
Membership:65 [1]
Seats1 Title:National Council
Seats2 Title:European Parliament
Website:krestanskaunia.sk
Country:Slovakia

The Christian Union (Slovak: Kresťanská únia;) (Independent Forum (Slovak: Nezávislé fórum) from 1998 to 2019) is a Slovak right-wing conservative political party.[2] [3] The chairwoman of the party since 2019 is Anna Záborská. At present, he has five deputies of the National Council of the Slovak Republic, elected on the candidate of the party OĽANO-NOVA-KÚ-ZZ.[4]

Foundation and history

Christian Union

Transformation of NF to KÚ, elections to EP 2019 and NR SR 2020

On 8 February 2019, the party was renamed (registered on 27 August 1998), when on 7 January 2019, the statute and seat of this party changed and on February 8, 2019, it was renamed to the current name Christian Union. This transformation of this entity de facto created a new party, but de jure not[5] This step, as the fragmentation of Christian forces and the promotion of Záborská's personal ambitions, was criticized by the chairman of KDH, Alojz Hlina.[6] The founders did so so that they could avoid collecting 10,000 signatures to form a new political party.

In the 2019 European Parliament election, the party won 3.85% of the vote and did not win any seats.

After the elections, the need to unite Christian political forces with KDH or KDŽP was discussed. In the end, the merger did not take place in the autumn of 2019, as President Alojz Hlina offered the Christian Union only 2 seats as a KDH candidate.[7] On the contrary, the KU came closer to the OĽANO movement, on whose candidate list OĽaNO in the parliamentary elections 19 candidates for the KÚ ran, while its chairwoman Anna Záborská ran from 4th place.[8] NOVA and Zmena Zdola did the same with OĽaNO in order to avoid an increased clause for electoral coalitions.[9]

OĽaNO, together with the KÚ, also offered the pre-election procedure to the KDH, to which it offered half the seats on the candidate and, after the elections, its own parliamentary club. KDH rejected this offer.[10]

Election period 2020–2024

In the parliamentary elections in February 2020, OĽANO-NOVA-KÚ-ZZ party became the winner of the parliamentary elections, which so far only the Smer-SD and HZDS parties have succeeded in Slovakia.[11] Five members of the Christian Union were elected as deputies.[12]

KÚ Politicians

Party leadership

Other KÚ politicians

Election results

National Council

ElectionLeaderVotes%RankSeats+/–Status
2020Igor Matovič721,166
2023Igor Matovič264,1374th 3
Running in coalition with the OĽaNO and For the People, which won 16 seats in total.

European Parliament

ElectionList leaderVotes%RankSeats+/–EP Group
2019Unclear37,9749thNew
2024Milan Krajniak9,313 12th 0

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 30 April 2024 . Výročná správa politickej správy Kresťanská únia za rok 2023. 19 August 2024 . . sk . document.
  2. News: Rábara. Pavol. Nová strana Záborskej a Škripeka sa bude volať Kresťanská únia. Denník Postoj. 1336-720X. Postoy. Bratislava. 2019-02-18. 2019-02-18.
  3. Web site: Kresťanská únia. Kresťanská únia. 2019-02-28. sk-SK.
  4. Web site: Kresťanská únia. krestanskaunia.sk.
  5. 2019-02-18. Nová strana Záborskej a Škripeka sa bude volať Kresťanská únia. Postoy. 1336-720X.
  6. 2019-02-23. Čo majú spoločné pani Keltošová, pani Záborská, pán Škripek a pán Vašečka?. Postoj Media.
  7. Web site: 2019-09-19. Záborská ani Vašečka sa s KDH nedohodli. .týždeň - iný pohľad na spoločnosť. sk.
  8. Web site: OBYČAJNÍ ĽUDIA a nezávislé osobnosti. sk-SK.
  9. Web site: Kandidátka OĽaNO. scribd.com.
  10. Web site: Matovič ponúkol miesto na kandidátke KDH. Hlina ho odmietol a uviedol aj dôvod. www.noviny.sk.
  11. Web site: OBYČAJNÍ ĽUDIA a nezávislé osobnosti (OĽANO), NOVA, Kresťanská únia (KÚ), ZMENA ZDOLA – Wikipédia. sk.m.wikipedia.org.
  12. Web site: Bodka za voľbami.. blog.postoj.sk. sk.
  13. Web site: RNDR. MGR. Ján Szőllős, CSC.
  14. Web site: PhDr. Katarína Hatráková. 2021-04-02. 2021-12-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20211217232528/https://krestanskaunia.sk/kandidat/katarina-hatrakova/. dead.
  15. Web site: MGR. Radovan Marcinčin.