Democratic Union
Founded1995
Dissolved2000
Merger ofDemocratic Union of Slovakia, National-Democratic Party
Merged intoSDKÚ
IdeologyLiberalism[1][2]
Political positionCentre-right[2]

The Democratic Union (Slovak: Demokratická únia, DÚ) was a liberal party in Slovakia.[3]

History

The party was established on 25 March 1995 by a merger of the Democratic Union of Slovakia and the National Democratic Party, and was led by was Eduard Kukan. In 1998, it joined the Slovak Democratic Coalition,[4] and in 2000, it merged into the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Mallok, Katarína (2005), Frauen und politische Macht in der postkommunistischen Slowakei (PDF), p. 155
  2. 1 2 Christoph, Thanei (2002). "Wahlen zum slowakischen Parlament". Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  3. ↑ Kopecky, Petr; Učeň, Peter (2003), "Return to Europe? Patterns of Euroscepticism among the Czech and Slovak political parties", The Road to the European Union: The Czech and Slovak Republics, Manchester University Press, pp. 166–167, ISBN 9780719065972
  4. ↑ Bútora, Martin; Bútorová, Zóra; Mesežnikov, Grigorij (2003), "Slovakia's democratic awakening", The Road to the European Union: The Czech and Slovak Republics, Manchester University Press, p. 52, ISBN 9780719065972
  5. ↑ Hacker, Paul (2010), Slovakia on the road to independence, Penn State Press, p. 180, ISBN 978-0271054179
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