Modern Centre Party
Modern Centre Party Stranka modernega centra | |
|---|---|
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| President | Miro Cerar |
| Founded | 2 June 2014 |
| Headquarters | Ljubljana |
| Ideology |
Liberalism Social liberalism |
| Political position | Centre[1] to Centre-left[2][3][4] |
| European affiliation | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe |
| European Parliament group | No MEPs |
| National Assembly |
36 / 90 |
| European Parliament |
0 / 8 |
| 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).[5][6] 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.[7] Miro Cerar was appointed as the Prime Minister designate.[8]
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.[9]
On 7 March 2015, at the SMC party congress, the name of the party was changed to Modern Centre Party.[10][11]
References
- ↑ "Sunday's Vote Battle of Old and New and Divisions on Way Forward". The Slovenia Times. 11 July 2014.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "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. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
- ↑ "SMC bo Stranka modernega centra (video)". Planet Siol.net. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
- ↑ "Slovenia PM optimistic over 'fragile' economic recovery". Yahoo News UK. 7 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
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