| Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party Slovenská demokratická a kresťanská únia – Demokratická strana |
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| Leader | Iveta Radičová |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Split from | Slovak Democratic Coalition |
| Headquarters | 28 Ružinovská Bratislava |
| Ideology | Liberal conservatism[1] Christian democracy |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| International affiliation | Centrist Democrat International |
| European affiliation | European People's Party |
| European Parliament Group | European People's Party |
| Official colours | Blue and white |
| National Council |
28 / 150
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| European Parliament |
2 / 13
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| www.sdku-ds.sk | |
| Politics of Slovakia Political parties Elections |
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The Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party (Slovak: Slovenská demokratická a kresťanská únia – Demokratická strana, SDKÚ-DS) is a liberal conservative political party in Slovakia.
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SDKU-DS is a centre-right party, and recently, after the general elections, is talking with their centre right partners to form a new government. The party has been criticising the policies of Robert Fico's government, calling it irresponsible, unsustainable and populist. It is the second largest party in the National Council after its main rival, left wing Smer-SD. Their policy includes continuing in reforms that took place before 2006 – tax reform, welfare benefits cuts, pensions reform, healthcare reform etc. SDKÚ-DS is currently organised into four sections:
Main partners of SDKÚ-DS are politically similar parties: Christian Democratic Movement, Freedom and Solidarity, Most-Híd. These parties are currently in a coalition government with SDKU-DS.
Before its merger with the Democratic Party on 21 January 2006, it was called the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKÚ). It used to provide Slovakia's head of government, Mikuláš Dzurinda, and led a coalition government with the Party of the Hungarian Coalition in the years 2002–2006 (the Alliance of the New Citizen was a member of that coalition until September 2005 and the Christian Democratic Movement until February 2006).
In the parliamentary election of 17 June 2006, the party won 18.4% of the popular vote and 31 out of 150 seats in the National Council.
The party's leader for the 2010 parliamentary election was Iveta Radičová. In this election, the party won 15.42% of popular vote corresponding to 28 seats in the National Council.[2][3] It is most likely Iveta Radičová will become the first female prime minister in Slovakia, by forming a new centre-right government.[4][5]
SDKÚ-DS is a member of the European People's Party (EPP).
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