Concretely (Slovene: Konkretno) is a liberal political party in Slovenia led by former Minister of Economical Development and Technology Zdravko Počivalšek. Founding congress took place on 4 December 2021 in Celje. Concretely is a result of a merger between the Modern Centre Party (SMC) and Economic Activity Party (GAS). It is a member of Let's Connect Slovenia alliance.[1]

Concretely
Konkretno
PresidentZdravko Počivalšek
FounderZdravko Počivalšek
Alojz Kovšca
Founded4 December 2021
Merger ofSMC
GAS
HeadquartersLjubljana
IdeologyLiberalism
Conservative liberalism
Pro-Europeanism
Political positionCentre
National affiliationLet's Connect Slovenia
Regional affiliationLiberal South East European Network (LIBSEEN)
International affiliationLiberal International
National Assembly
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Mayors
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Municipal council
9 / 2,750
Website
konkretno.si

History

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At Počivalšek's takeover on the lead of the political party in 2019 he announced consolidation of SMC party. On SMC congress on 16 September Počivalšek announced a fusion with GAS, which was led by the president of the National Council of Slovenia, Alojz Kovšca. Delegates of both parties supported the merger, they also announced a merger with a few[quantify] smaller local parties. GAS made a decision about consolidation in November 2021.

On 4 December 2021, SMC merged with the extra-parliamentary Economic Activity Party.[2] With this, SMC's membership in Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE) was automatically terminated.[3] After the process, newly formed Concretely kept its five members of the Parliament. Later in December 2021, MP Mateja Udovč left the party,[4] leaving Concretely with four members of the parliament (the number which it kept until the 8th term of Slovene National Assembly concluded in 2022).

Results

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National Assembly

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Election Leader Votes % Seats +/– Government
2022[a] Zdravko Počivalšek 40,612 3.41 (#7)
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New Extra-parliamentary
  1. ^ Run within Let's Connect Slovenia coalition.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Skupna lista Povežimo Slovenijo bo gotovo ena najmočnejših list na parlamentarnih volitvah" (in Slovenian).
  2. ^ "Na združitvenem kongresu SMC-ja in GAS-a nastala stranka Konkretno". Rtvslo.si (in Slovenian). 4 December 2021.
  3. ^ "SMC in GAS postala Konkretno in ostala brez članstva v evropski Alde". 24ur.com (in Slovenian). 4 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Kaj prestop Udovč pomeni za koalicijo in Našo deželo?". n1info.si (in Slovenian). N1. 15 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Election to the National Assembly 2022". 7 May 2022. Archived from the original on 20 August 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.