We Are Family (Slovakia)

We Are Family (Slovak: Sme rodina) is a national-conservative and right-wing populist political party in Slovakia founded in 2015. It is led by businessman Boris Kollár, who is serving as Speaker of the National Council since 2020.

We Are Family
Sme rodina
AbbreviationSR
LeaderBoris Kollár
Presidium
Parliamentary leaderPeter Pčolinský
FounderBoris Kollár
Founded10 November 2015 (2015-11-10)
HeadquartersLeškova 5, Bratislava. 81104
Youth wingThe Young Help
Membership (2021)Increase 1,309[1]
Ideology
Political positionRight-wing[5][2] to far-right[6][7]
European affiliationIdentity and Democracy Party
Colours   Blue and red
Slogan"We are normal" (2023)
National Council
0 / 150
European Parliament
0 / 14
Regional governors[8]
0 / 8
Regional deputies[lower-alpha 1][8]
55 / 419
Mayors[lower-alpha 1][8]
135 / 2,904
Local councillors[lower-alpha 1][8]
539 / 20,462
Website
hnutie-smerodina.sk
  1. Also with coalitions

It entered the National Council in the 2016 and 2020 parliamentary election, 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 is a member of the Eurosceptic Identity and Democracy, which is an alliance of political parties in Europe.

History
Former party logo

The party was founded on 10 November 2015 by businessman Boris Kollár by renaming and repurposing an existing minor party named Our Land (Náš Kraj).[9] The party took 6.6% of the vote in the 2016 parliamentary election, winning 11 seats in the National Council.[10][11] In February 2019, the party joined the Identity and Democracy Party.

In the 2023 Slovak parliamentary election, the party won just 2.21% of the vote and lost all of its seats on the National Council.

Election results

National Council
Election Leader Votes  % Rank Seats +/– Status
2016 Boris Kollár 172,860 6.62 6th
11 / 150
 New Opposition
2020 237,531 8.24 3rd
17 / 150
 Increase 6 OĽaNO–SR–SaS–ZĽ
2023 65,673 2.21 11th
0 / 150
 Decrease 17 Extra-parliamentary

European Parliament
Election Leader Votes  % Rank Seats +/– Group
2019 Peter Pčolinský 31,840 3.23 10th
0 / 14

President
Election Candidate First round Second round
Votes % Rank Votes % Rank
2019 Milan Krajniak 59,464 2.77 7th

References
  1. "Výročná správa politickej strany: Sme Rodina" (PDF). Ministry of the Interior (Slovakia) (in Slovak). 2021. p. 7.
  2. Bela, Ambrus (4 March 2020). "Slovacia devine patria anticorupției". Q Magazine. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  3. Kneuer, Marianne (2017). "Slovakia Report: Sustainable Governance Indicators 2017" (PDF). Bertelsmann Stiftung.
  4. "Týždeň vo svetových médiách: Kollár je pravicový populista a odporca EÚ". 19 May 2019.
  5. "A political earthquake in Slovakia". Centre for Eastern Studies. 3 September 2016.
  6. "2019 European Parliament election in Slovakia – European Sources Online".
  7. Rettman, Andrew (2 March 2020). "Slovakia kicks out centre-left rulers". EUobserver. Brussels. Retrieved 3 September 2023. Matovic might need the support of the far-right Sme Rodina party
  8. "Súhrnné výsledky hlasovania" (in Slovak). Archived from the original on 2022-11-02. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
  9. Businessman Boris Kollár launches his political party Spectator, 12 November 2015
  10. Allocation of Seats State Commission for Elections and Control of Financing of Political Parties
  11. Post-election: Possible combinations after Slovak election Spectator, 7 March 2016


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