| Leader: | Ivan Zuzula |
| Foundation: | 12 June 2014 |
| Dissolved: | 20 December 2022 |
| Merged: | Christian Democratic Movement |
| Ideology: | Liberal conservatism[1] Christian democracy Social conservatism[2] [3] Economic liberalism[4] |
| Headquarters: | Bratislava |
| Country: | Slovakia |
| Slovak Conservative Party | |
| Native Name: | Slovenská konzervatívna strana |
| Abbreviation: | SKS |
| Founder: | Radoslav Procházka |
| Membership Year: | 2020 |
| Membership: | 1,231 [5] |
The Slovak Conservative Party (Slovak: Slovenská konzervatívna strana, abbreviated SKS), formerly known as Network (Slovak: Sieť, self-styled #SIEŤ), was a centre-right political party in Slovakia. It was established by Radoslav Procházka, a former member of Christian Democratic Movement (KDH).
The party was founded by Radoslav Procházka in June 2014, after the 2014 presidential election. Sieť polled above 10% being second to Smer and was expected to become the major centre-right party after 2016 parliamentary election.[6]
The party received only 5.6% of votes and 10 seats in the actual election. The low support of Sieť was one of many surprises of the election.[7] Sieť became part of governing coalition led by Smer which led to split in the party and another loss of support and departure of members including 3 MPs. Sieť fell to 1% in polls.[8] Procházka was replaced by Roman Brecely in August 2016.[9] [10] 5 MPs led by Andrej Hrnčiar then left the party with intention to join Most-Híd. This left Sieť with only 2 MPs.[11]
Prime Minister Robert Fico announced on 19 August that Sieť ministers will resign and Sieť will be integrated into one of other coalition parties.[12] In January 2017, Sieť announced that it would be integrated into small Slovak party European Democratic Party. Integration was likely to happen in Spring 2017.[13]
When Radoslav Procházka decided to give up on his seat, Sieť lost another MP. Procházka was replaced by Zuzana Simenová who decided to be independent.[14] On 3 May 2017, Sieť lost its last MP.[15]
Roman Brecely resigned as the party's leader on 10 May 2017. Marek Čepko became acting leader.[16] On 10 September 2017, Ivan Zuzula was elected the new leader.[17]
Sieť announced in June 2018 that it will change its name to Slovak Conservative Party.[18] The name was changed on 4 July 2018.[19]
In July 2021, SKS signed a memorandum with KDH which included that SKS will join KDH. At this point the party had several hundred members with 40 to 50 active ones.[20] Their website has been offline since February 2022.[21]