Alliance (Slovak political party)

The Alliance (Hungarian: Szövetség; Slovak: Aliancia; commonly styled as Aliancia–Szövetség or Szövetség–Aliancia) is a political party in Slovakia that was founded by merging three political parties representing the Hungarian minority: the Party of the Hungarian Community, Most–Híd, and MKÖ–MKS.[11] The party was founded on 22 November 2019 as an electoral alliance to run in the 2020 parliamentary election and was called the Hungarian Community Co-operation (MKÖ–MKS; Hungarian: Magyar Közösségi Összefogás; Slovak: Maďarská komunitná spolupatričnosť). MKÖ–MKS consisted of the "Összefogás–Spolupatričnosť" movement, SMK–MKP, and the Hungarian Forum.[12]

Alliance
Szövetség (Hungarian)
Aliancia (Slovak)
AbbreviationAS
ChairmanKrisztián Forró
Deputy ChairmanSzabolcs Mózes
Chairman of the Republican CouncilLászló Sólymos
Founded22 October 2019 (2019-10-22) (Összefogás–Spolupatričnosť)
22 November 2019 (2019-11-22)
(MKÖ–MKS)
2 October 2021 (2021-10-02) (Aliancia–Szövetség)
Merger ofSMK–MKP
Most–Híd
MKÖ–MKS
MKDA-MKDSZ (not legally)
Membership (2021)Decrease 14,127[1]
Ideology
Political positionCentre-right[4]
European affiliationEuropean People's Party
International affiliationCentrist Democrat International (Observer)
European Parliament groupEuropean People's Party (until 2019)
Colours  Red
  Orange
Slogan«Hungarians. Nationalities. Regions.»
(Hungarian: «Magyarok. Nemzetiségek. Regiók.»)
(Slovak: «Maďari. Národnosti. Regióny.»)
National Council
0 / 150
European Parliament
0 / 14
Regional governors[lower-alpha 1]
0 / 8
Regional deputies[7][lower-alpha 2]
70 / 419
Mayors[lower-alpha 3]
263 / 2,904
Local councillors[lower-alpha 4]
1,765 / 20,523
Website
www.szovetseg.sk
www.strana-aliancia.sk

As a result of the 2022 regional elections, the party has the largest factions in the county councils of the Trnava and Nitra regions.[13] Moreover, their candidates received the most votes of any party in the country, more than half a million.[14]

History

Összefogás – Spolupatričnosť

The party began its formation in the autumn of 2019, citing disputes between the Hungarian parties as a reason for its formation, which could have caused the Hungarian minority not to be represented on the National Council after the 2020 Slovak parliamentary elections. Former Member of the European Parliament for SMK-MKP, Edit Bauer, and former Deputy Chairman of Hungarian Civic Party (MNI), Gábor Zászlós, were instrumental in the formation of the party.[15]

MKÖ-MKS

In connection with the upcoming parliamentary elections, the members of Összefogás–Spolupatričnosť negotiated an electoral cooperation with four other ethnic Hungarian parties (Most–Híd, SMK-MKP, MKDA-MKDSZ the MF-MF).[16][17] On 24 November 2019, Összefogás–Spolupatričnosť approved the joint action of the Hungarian parties in the parliamentary elections. Összefogás–Spolupatričnosť was then transformed into MKS, and gained 30 seats on the candidate list. Szabolcs Mózes, the party president, ran second on the list, Örs Orosz, the party vice president, ran sixth, and József Nagy, a former member of the European Parliament, ran ninth. Mózes stated that they were joining to ensure the representation of the Hungarian minority and to contribute to the change of government and the removal of the Smer-SD party from power.[18]

After the failure of all Hungarian parties in the 2020 parliamentary election, MKÖ-MKS, SMK-MKP, and Most–Híd entered into negotiations about further cooperation. On 20 August 2020, they signed a declaration of cooperation in Komárno, a town in southwestern Slovakia.[19] In March 2021, they announced that the negotiations had been successful, and that a new party "Aliancia – Szövetség" would be established. The new party would have three officers: a chairman nominated by SMK-MKP, a chairman of the Republican Council nominated by Most–Híd, and the post of expert vice-chairman nominated by MKÖ-MKS.[20]

Aliancia – Szövetség

Aliancia – Szövetség was formed by merging the parties SMK-MKP, Most–Híd, and MKÖ-MKS at the assembly in Šamorín on 2 October 2021.[11] The assembly was preceded by two years of negotiations between five Hungarian political parties about the possibility of cooperation. The goal of joining forces was declared as a return to parliament after the next election, or to be part of the governing coalition.[11]

Krisztián Forró, the then-chairman of the SMK-MKP, became the chairman of the party, and the then-chairman of MKÖ-MKS, Szabolcs Mózes, was elected vice-chairman.[11] In addition, the chairman of the Republican Council, László Sólymos, the then-chairman of the Most–Híd party, was elected, as well as the vice-chairman and chairmen of the platforms, members of the republican presidency, republican committee and mandatory commissions.[11] Sólymos said: "We have laid the foundations for the political, parliamentary representation of the Hungarians, the nationalities and the regions in which we live".[11] The Alliance declared that it would negotiate cooperation with all Slovak parties, such as support for the EU, NATO, and Visegrad Four membership, but would not cooperate with extremist parties like the People's Party Our Slovakia and Direction – Slovak Social Democracy.[11][20]

In 2023, a few months before the election, however Most–Híd left the united party again over a dispute about allowing former OĽaNO MP György Gyimesi on the list.[21]

Election results

National Council
Election Leader Votes  % Seats +/– Government
2020 Szabolcs Mózes 112,662 3.91 (#9)
0 / 150
 Extra-parliamentary

Party leadership

MKÖ-MKS
  • Szabolcs Mózes – Chairman (2019–2021)
  • Örs Orosz – Deputy Chairman (2019–2021)

Aliancia – Szövetség
  • Krisztián Forró – Chairman (2021–current)
  • Szabolcs Mózes – Deputy Chairman (2021–current)
  • László Sólymos – Chairman of the Republican Council (2021–current)

Notes
  1. Independent politicians Rastislav Trnka, the governor of the Košice Region, and Ondrej Lunter, the governor of the Banská Bystrica Region, were backed by the party.[5][6]
  2. Including 16 deputies nominated by HLAS–SD/SMER–SD in the Prešov Region backed by the Alliance.[8] In addition, they also endorsed 11 deputies in the Žilina Region.[9]
  3. Including 41 mayors elected in coalitions.[6]
  4. Including 69 councillors elected in coalitions.[10]

References
  1. "Výročná správa politickej strany: Aliancia" (PDF). Ministry of the Interior (Slovakia) (in Slovak). 2021. p. 6.
  2. "Strana-Aliancia".
  3. "Slovakia".
  4. "Slovakia".
  5. Jabrik, Peter; Jurkovičová, Klaudia (30 October 2022) [29 October 2022]. "Voľby 2022: Županom Košického samosprávneho kraja bude naďalej Trnka" [Elections 2022: Trnka will remain the mayor of the Košice Self-Governing Region]. Korzár (in Slovak). Košice. Retrieved 30 October 2022. Súčasný župan Trnka teraz svoj mandát obhájil opäť ako nezávislý, ale už bez podpory OĽaNO a SaS, no s politickým krytím strán KDH, Aliancia - Maďari, Starostovia a nezávislí kandidáti, Šanca a DS. [The current mayor, Trnka, has now defended his mandate again as an independent, without the support of OĽaNO and SaS, but with the political backing of the parties KDH, Alliance - Hungarians, Mayors and Independent Candidates, Šanca and DS.]
  6. Tornyai, Bianka (30 October 2022). "Forró Krisztián: "Az ország egyik legerősebb pártja a Szövetség!"" [Krisztián Forró: "The Alliance is one of the strongest parties in the country!"]. Új Szó (in Hungarian). Galanta. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  7. Pomichal, Krisztián (30 October 2022). "Történelmi siker a megyei választásokon: Önálló pártszínekben a Szövetség adja a legtöbb megyei képviselőt" [Historic success in the regional elections: the Alliance gives the most regional deputies among individual parties]. ma7 (in Hungarian). Retrieved 30 October 2022. A korábbi, összesen 42 megyei testületi pozíció a következő négy évben 54 főre duzzad. [The previous total of 42 regional council posts will swell to 54 for the next four years.]
  8. Pomichal, Krisztián (30 October 2022). "Történelmi siker a megyei választásokon: Önálló pártszínekben a Szövetség adja a legtöbb megyei képviselőt" [Historic success in the regional elections: the Alliance gives the most regional deputies among individual parties]. ma7 (in Hungarian). Retrieved 30 October 2022. Ráadásul, ha a nem önállóan indított, pusztán támogatott jelölteket is számítjuk, akkor a Szövetség eredménye még szebb, az Eperjesi kerületben 16 plusz mandátummal. Itt a párt a Hlas-SD/Smer-SD jelöltjeit támogatta. [In addition, if we count the candidates who were not nominated but merely supported, the Alliance's result is even better, with 16 extra seats in the Prešov Region. Here the party supported the candidates of Hlas–SD/Smer–SD.]
  9. Czímer, Gábor (31 October 2022). "Forró: A szombati választás a Szövetség erejét mutatja (VIDEÓ)" [Forró: Saturday's election shows the strength of the Alliance (VIDEO)]. Új Szó (in Hungarian). Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  10. "263 polgármesterünk és 1765 önkormányzati képviselőnk van" [We have 263 mayors and 1765 local councillors]. Szövetség (in Hungarian). 30 October 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  11. "Na Slovensku pribudla nová politická strana Aliancia - Szövetség. Vznikla zlúčením viacerých subjektov". www.noviny.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2022-12-17.
  12. "Maďarské strany potvrdili spoluprácu podpisom memoranda". Pravda.sk (in Slovak). 2019-11-28. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
  13. Pomichal, Krisztián (30 October 2022). "Történelmi siker a megyei választásokon: Önálló pártszínekben a Szövetség adja a legtöbb megyei képviselőt" [Historic success in the regional elections: the Alliance gives the most regional deputies among individual parties]. ma7 (in Hungarian). Retrieved 30 October 2022. Nagyszombat és Nyitra megyében is a Szövetség adja a legnagyobb frakciót. [The Alliance has the largest factions in both the Trnava and Nitra regions.]
  14. Pomichal, Krisztián (30 October 2022). "Történelmi siker a megyei választásokon: Önálló pártszínekben a Szövetség adja a legtöbb megyei képviselőt" [Historic success in the regional elections: the Alliance gives the most regional deputies among individual parties]. ma7 (in Hungarian). Retrieved 30 October 2022. A független jelöltekre leadott csaknem 2 millió szavazat mellett a második helyen a Szövetségre leadott több mint félmillió(!) szavazat áll [Behind the almost 2 million votes cast for independent candidates, the Alliance came second with more than half a million (!) votes]
  15. Teraz.sk (2019-09-02). "Vzniká nové hnutie Spolupatričnosť, sú za ním aj členovia SMK". TERAZ.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2022-12-17.
  16. Mikušovič, Dušan (2019-10-18). "Maďarské strany sa dohodli na spoločnej kandidátke s názvom "Strana regiónov Most MK"". Denník N (in Slovak). Retrieved 2022-12-17.
  17. Teraz.sk (2019-10-23). "B. Bugár: Rozhodnutie SMK berieme na vedomie". TERAZ.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2022-12-17.
  18. "Hnutie Spolupatričnosť schválilo spoločný". Denník N (in Slovak). 2019-11-24. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
  19. a.s, Petit Press. "Maďarské strany dolaďujú dohodu o spolupráci v jednej strane". domov.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2022-12-17.
  20. TASR. "Dianie v opozícii / Maďarské strany sa zjednotili do strany Aliancia". www.postoj.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2022-12-17.
  21. "PÁRTSZAKADÁS: A Híd kilép a Szövetségből". 2023-05-16. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
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