Freedom and Solidarity
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Freedom and Solidarity
Sloboda a Solidarita |
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| Chairperson | Richard Sulík MEP |
| Founded | 28 February 2009 |
| Headquarters | Čajakova 18, 811 05 Bratislava |
| Newspaper | SAS Diary |
| Youth wing | Young Liberals |
| Membership (2015) | 166 |
| Ideology |
Liberalism Libertarianism Euroscepticism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| European affiliation | Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe |
| International affiliation | None |
| European Parliament group | European Conservatives and Reformists |
| Colours | Green and Blue |
| National Council |
21 / 150
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| European Parliament |
1 / 13
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| Website | |
| http://www.strana-sas.sk/ | |
Freedom and Solidarity (Slovak: Sloboda a Solidarita, SaS) is a liberal and libertarianpolitical party in Slovakia. The party was established in 2009 and is led by its founder, the economist Richard Sulík, who designed Slovakia's flat tax system. In the 2012 parliamentary election, the SaS lost half of its 22 seats in the National Council. The party held four positions in the government of Slovakia before the election.
Besides advocating social and economic liberalism, the party is civil libertarian, including advocating liberalisation of drug laws and same-sex marriage. The party is eurosceptic. Freedom and Solidarity launched a campaign called 'Referendum 2009' to hold a referendum on reforming and cutting the cost of politics. The party makes heavy use of the Internet: fighting the 2010 parliamentary election through Facebook and Twitter, with the party having 68,000 'fans' on Facebook by the election.
The party narrowly failed to cross the 5% threshold at the 2009 European elections, but came third, winning 22 seats, at the 2010 parliamentary election. It became part of the four-party centre-right coalition government, holding four cabinet positions, with Richard Sulík elected the Speaker of the National Council. In the 2012 elections, however, the party suffered a major setback and lost half its seats. In the 2014 European elections the party returned a single Member of the European Parliament (MEP).
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