Verjamem Explained

Verjamem
Leader:Igor Šoltes
Merged:Social Democrats
Position:Centre-left[1] [2]
Europarl:Greens/EFA
Seats1 Title:Slovenian National Assembly
Seats2 Title:European Parliament
Website:www.verjamem.si
Country:Slovenia

Verjamem (meaning "I believe" in Slovene)[3] was a centre-left[4] [5] political party in Slovenia. The party is led by Igor Šoltes, former President of the Court of Auditors.[6] [7]

At the 2014 European Parliament election, the party received 10.46% of the vote, winning one of Slovenia's eight seats in the parliament[8] taken by party leader Igor Šoltes, who chose to sit with The Greens–European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA) group as an associated MEP.[9]

The party received 0.78% of the vote in the Slovenian parliamentary election on 13 July 2014, and did not win any seats in parliament.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Exit poll, nel resto dell'Europa gli euroscettici si attestano intorno al 20% - Il Messaggero . Ilmessaggero.it . 2014-06-16 . 2014-07-10.
  2. Web site: Ticinonline - Europee, l'Unione europea non crolla . Tio.ch . 2014-05-26 . 2014-07-10.
  3. News: Haughton . Tim . Are European elections ever about Europe?. https://web.archive.org/web/20140523234842/http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/05/23/european-parliamentary-elections-slovenia/ . dead . 2014-05-23 . . 2014-05-26 . Alenka Krasovec . 2014-05-23.
  4. Web site: Exit poll, nel resto dell'Europa gli euroscettici si attestano intorno al 20% - Il Messaggero . Ilmessaggero.it . 2014-06-16 . 2014-07-10.
  5. Web site: Ticinonline - Europee, l'Unione europea non crolla . Tio.ch . 2014-05-26 . 2014-07-10.
  6. Web site: European elections 2014: Slovenia – swept by crisis . 15 May 2014 . The Sofia Globe . 2014-07-10.
  7. News: Haughton . Tim . Are European elections ever about Europe? . The Washington Post . 2014-07-10.
  8. Web site: EUVolitve2014 . . 2014-05-26 . Ljubljana . sl.
  9. Web site: Silvia Pogliani . Up-to-date list of the MEPs for the new legislative period - Content - The Greens | European Free Alliance . Greens-efa.eu . 2014-07-10.
  10. http://volitve.gov.si/dz2014/rezultati/rezultati_slo.html Predčasne Volitve V Državni Zbor 2014