Most–Híd
| Most–Híd Most–Híd |
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| Leader | Béla Bugár |
| Founded | 30 June 2009 |
| Ideology | Hungarian minority interests,1 Liberalism1 |
| Political position | Centre2 |
| International affiliation | None |
| European affiliation | None |
| National Council |
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| European Parliament |
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| http://www.most-hid.sk/ | |
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Most–Híd (from the Slovak and Hungarian words for "bridge") is a political party in Slovakia. Its programme calls for greater cooperation between the country's Hungarian minority and ethnic Slovaks. It has ten members of National Council and is part of the centre-right coalition government, in which Most–Híd members Rudolf Chmel and Zsolt Simon are ministers.
The party was formed in June 2009 by defectors from the Party of the Hungarian Coalition (SMK), which the defectors accused of being too nationalistic. Led by Béla Bugár, the party claims to have a membership that's two-thirds ethnic Hungarian and one-third ethnic Slovak. In the 2010 election, the party won ten seats in the National Council – the Civic Conservative Party won a further four seats on the Most–Híd list – whereas the SMK fell short of the 5% threshold.
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History
The party was established on 30 June 2009 by Béla Bugár, Gábor Gál, László A. Nagy, Tibor Bastrnák and Zsolt Simon, who had previously left the Party of the Hungarian Coalition. Béla Bugár, who had also been the president of his former party for 10 years, was elected its president. It was established as a Slovak-Hungarian cooperation alternative to the Party of the Hungarian Coalition, electing Rudolf Chmel to be its vice president representing ethnic Slovaks. The party wants to represent the interests of the ethnic Hungarians while working together with the Slovaks.3
Rudolf Chmel expressed his view that the soaring nationalism can not be let to distract from the search for common solutions to the mutual problems of the Slovaks and the Hungarians. According to Peter Huncik about 60 to 65 percent members are Hungarians, while 35 to 40 are Slovaks.4
Polls from mid-September 2009 gave Most–Híd between 3 and 5.6 percent.5 An opinion poll by Focus in May 2010 gave Most–Híd 5.6% of the vote.6 In the Slovak parliamentary elections of 12 June 2010, Most-Hid received 8.12% of the vote, winning 14 seats in parliament.
Elected representatives
Most–Híd has two members of the government of Slovakia:
- Rudolf Chmel – Deputy Prime Minister for Human Rights and Minorities
- Zsolt Simon – Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Regional Development
Most–Híd has ten members of the National Council:
The Civic Conservative Party's four members also sit in the Most–Híd parliamentary group:
Footnotes
- ^ a b Nordsieck, Wolfram, "Slovakia", Parties and Elections in Europe, http://www.parties-and-elections.de/slovakia.html, retrieved 11 March 2012
- ^ Iveta Radicová Takes Charge of New Center-Right Coalition in Slovakia, Friends of Slovakia, http://www.friendsofslovakia.org/fos/news/newst113.htm, retrieved 11 March 2012
- ^ Kommentar posten (30 June 2009). "Neue Partei der "Ungarischen Koalition" – Slowakei – derStandard.at " International". Derstandard.at. http://derstandard.at/fs/1245820414864/Neue-Partei-der-Ungarischen-Koalition. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
- ^ Stefan Bos (12 June 2010). "Slovakia Votes Amid Scandals, Nationalist Tensions". .voanews.com. http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/europe/Slovakia-Votes-Amid-Scandals-Nationalist-Tensions-96211334.html. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
- ^ Kommentar posten. "Umfragen: Regierungspartei Smer verliert – Slowakei – derStandard.at " International". Derstandard.at. http://derstandard.at/fs/1253807720952/Umfragen-Regierungspartei-Smer-verliert. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
- ^ "The Slovak Spectator: Focus poll finds that parliamentary elections would end in stalemate". Spectator.sme.sk. http://spectator.sme.sk/articles/view/38948/10/focus_poll_finds_that_parliamentary_elections_would_end_in_stalemate.html. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
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