Concretely
Concretely (Slovene: Konkretno) is a liberal political party in Slovenia led by Minister of Economical Development and Techonolgy Zdravko Počivalšek. Founding congress took place on 4 December 2021 in Celje. Concretly is a result of a merger between the Modern Centre Party (SMC) and Economic Activity Party (GAS).
Concretely Konkretno | |
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| President | Zdravko Počivalšek |
| Founder | Zdravko Počivalšek Alojz Kovšca |
| Founded | 4 December 2021 |
| Merger of | SMC GAS |
| Headquarters | Ljubljana |
| Ideology | Liberalism Conservative liberalism Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Centre |
| National affiliation | Let's Connect Slovenia[1] |
| Regional affiliation | Liberal South East European Network (LIBSEEN) |
| International affiliation | Liberal International |
| National Assembly | 0 / 90 |
| Mayors | 2 / 212 |
| Municipal council | 91 / 2,750 |
| Website | |
| konkretno.si | |
History
At Počivalšek's takeover on the lead of the political party in 2019 he announced consolidation of SMC party. On SMC congress on 16 September Počivalšek announced a fusion with GAS, which was led by the president of the National Council of Slovenia, Alojz Kovšca. Delegates of both parties supported the merger, they also announced a merger with a few smaller local parties. GAS made a decision about consolidation in November 2021.
On 4 December 2021, SMC merged with the extra-parliamentary Economic Activity Party.[2] With this, SMC's membership in Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE) was automatically terminated.[3] After the process, newly formed Concretely kept its 5 members of the Parliament.
References
- "Skupna lista Povežimo Slovenijo bo gotovo ena najmočnejših list na parlamentarnih volitvah".
- "Na združitvenem kongresu SMC-ja in GAS-a nastala stranka Konkretno". Rtvslo.si (in Slovenian). 4 December 2021.
- "SMC in GAS postala Konkretno in ostala brez članstva v evropski Alde". 24ur.com (in Slovenian). 4 December 2021.
