Unity (Slovenia)
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1330 Kočevje
Sloga | |
|---|---|
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| President | Janko Veber |
| Founded | 7 April 2018 |
| Headquarters | Trg zbora odposlancev 64 1330 Kočevje |
| Colours | Grey-blue |
| Slogan | Strength is in Unity! |
| National Assembly | 0 / 90 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 9 |
| Mayors | 0 / 212 |
| Municipal councillors | 2 / 2,750 |
SLOGA is a Slovenian extra-parliamentary political party founded by Janko Veber, former mayor of Kočevje, President of the National Assembly and MP of the Social Democrats. The founding congress took place on 7 April 2018 in Ljubljana, where Veber was elected president of the party.[1]
Background
On 19 December 2017, then MP Janko Veber left the Social Democrats parliamentary group, citing disagreements regarding voting positions.[2]
On 8 January 2018, he also left the party itself, explaining that he could not agree with positions that “devalue everything that generations in Slovenia have created.”[3]
The association Sloga existed before the official founding of the party. Veber announced the formation of the party on 8 March 2018 after collecting the required 200 verified signatures of support.[4]
He stated that the party would not focus on ideology and emphasized priorities such as “returning power to the people” and “a dignified life with returns from common property for all citizens.”[4]
Founding
The founding congress of the party took place on Saturday, 7 April 2018 in Ljubljana. Party bodies were elected, the party programme adopted and preparations for the parliamentary elections discussed.[1]
In addition to Veber, speakers at the event included entrepreneur Matjaž Gams, economist Marko Golob and former UKC surgeon Zvonko Hočevar.[5]
The party announced that it would seek an “immediate halt to the sale of citizens’ common property.”[5]
