Modern Centre Party

Modern Centre Party
Stranka modernega centra
President Miro Cerar
Founded 2 June 2014
Headquarters Ljubljana
Membership  (2015) 3,000[1]
Ideology Liberalism
Social liberalism
Political position Centre[2] to Centre-left[3][4][5]
European affiliation Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
European Parliament group No MEPs
National Assembly
36 / 90
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).[6][7] 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.[8] Miro Cerar was appointed as the Prime Minister designate.[9]

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.[10]

On 7 March 2015, at the SMC party congress, the name of the party was changed to Modern Centre Party.[11][12]

Electoral results

Parliament of Slovenia
Year Popular vote % of popular vote Overall seats won Seat change Government
2014 298,342 34.61%
36 / 90
 Increase 36 Coalition

References

  1. ↑ Jancic, Peter. "Najdražje je članstvo v SMC, najcenejši Desus". Delo. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "Sunday's Vote Battle of Old and New and Divisions on Way Forward". The Slovenia Times. 11 July 2014.
  3. ↑ Novak, Marja (19 June 2014). "Slovene PM hopeful says is against Telekom privatisation". Reuters.
  4. ↑ "Opinon poll: 41 percent of Slovenians want Miro Cerar as prime minister". MMC RTV SLO. 16 June 2014.
  5. ↑ Nuttall, Clare (24 June 2014). "Newcomer leads in Slovenian election campaign". BNE Business News Europe.
  6. ↑ "Cerar: Razdeljeno ljudstvo je šibko, kar vladajoči vedno izrabijo :: Prvi interaktivni multimedijski portal, MMC RTV Slovenija". Rtvslo.si. Retrieved 2014-07-08.
  7. ↑ "Stranka Mira Cerarja". Mirocerar.si. Retrieved 2014-07-08.
  8. ↑ Predčasne Volitve V Državni Zbor 2014 Republika Slovenija - Državna volilna komisija. Accessed 13 July 2014
  9. ↑ "Neuradni rezultati: Cerar najverjetnejši novi premier". Mladina.si. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  10. ↑ "ALDE Party welcomes new member parties". ALDE Party. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  11. ↑ "SMC bo Stranka modernega centra (video)". Planet Siol.net. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  12. ↑ "Slovenia PM optimistic over 'fragile' economic recovery". Yahoo News UK. 7 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.

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