Modern Centre Party
Modern Centre Party Stranka modernega centra | |
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President | Miro Cerar |
Founded | 2 June 2014 |
Headquarters | Ljubljana |
Membership (2015) | 3,000[1] |
Ideology | Liberalism Social liberalism |
Political position | Centre[2] to Centre-left[3][4][5][6] |
European affiliation | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe |
International affiliation | Liberal International[7] |
European Parliament group | No MEPs |
National Assembly | 36 / 90 |
Website | |
www.strankasmc.si/ | |
The Modern Centre Party (Slovene: Stranka modernega centra, SMC) is a political party in Slovenia led by Prime Minister Miro Cerar.
History
The party was established at a congress on 2 June 2014 as the Party of Miro Cerar (Stranka Mira Cerarja, SMC).[8][9][3] The motivation for its formation was the resignation of Prime Minister Alenka Bratušek on 3 May 2014. Only six weeks after its establishment, on 13 July 2014, the party received 34.6% of the vote in the 2014 parliamentary election, winning a plurality of 36 seats in the National Assembly.[10] Miro Cerar was appointed as the Prime Minister designate.[11]
On 18 September 2014 the Cerar cabinet was formed, with the SMC as lead party in a coalition with the Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia (DeSUS) and Social Democrats (SD).
On 21 November 2014, the SMC was admitted as a full member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) at the ALDE congress in Lisbon.[12]
On 7 March 2015, at the SMC party congress, the name of the party was changed to Modern Centre Party.[13][14]
Electoral results
Year | Popular vote | % of popular vote | Overall seats won | Seat change | Government |
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2014 | 298,342 | 34.61% | 36 / 90
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36 | Coalition |
References
- ^ Jancic, Peter. "Najdražje je članstvo v SMC, najcenejši Desus". Delo. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ "Sunday's Vote Battle of Old and New and Divisions on Way Forward". The Slovenia Times. 11 July 2014.
- ^ a b Tom Lansford, ed. (2015). Political Handbook of the World 2015. CQ Press. p. 5557. ISBN 978-1-4833-7155-9.
- ^ Novak, Marja (19 June 2014). "Slovene PM hopeful says is against Telekom privatisation". Reuters.
- ^ "Opinon poll: 41 percent of Slovenians want Miro Cerar as prime minister". MMC RTV SLO. 16 June 2014.
- ^ Nuttall, Clare (24 June 2014). "Newcomer leads in Slovenian election campaign". BNE Business News Europe. Archived from the original on 29 June 2014.
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- ^ "Cerar: Razdeljeno ljudstvo je šibko, kar vladajoči vedno izrabijo :: Prvi interaktivni multimedijski portal, MMC RTV Slovenija". Rtvslo.si. Retrieved 2014-07-08.
- ^ "Stranka Mira Cerarja". Mirocerar.si. Retrieved 2014-07-08.
- ^ Predčasne Volitve V Državni Zbor 2014 Republika Slovenija - Državna volilna komisija. Accessed 13 July 2014
- ^ "Neuradni rezultati: Cerar najverjetnejši novi premier". Mladina.si. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
- ^ "ALDE Party welcomes new member parties". ALDE Party. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
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- ^ "Slovenia PM optimistic over 'fragile' economic recovery". Yahoo News UK. 7 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
External links
- 2014 establishments in Slovenia
- Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party member parties
- Centrist parties in Slovenia
- Liberal parties in Slovenia
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- Political parties in Slovenia
- Social liberal parties
- Southern European political party stubs
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