People's Party – Our Slovakia
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Kotleba – People's Party Our Slovakia
Kotleba – Ľudová strana Naše Slovensko |
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| Leader | Marian Kotleba |
| Founded | 21 February 2010 |
| Headquarters | Banská Bystrica, Slovak Republic |
| Newspaper |
Naše Slovensko (Our Slovakia) |
| Membership (2016) | 96 |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Far-right |
| European affiliation | Alliance for Peace and Freedom (2015-present) |
| International affiliation | None |
| Colours | Shades of green |
| Slogan |
Odvahou proti systému (With courage against the system) |
| National Council |
14 / 150
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| European Parliament |
0 / 13
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| Presidents of self-governing regions |
1 / 8
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| Regional parliaments |
1 / 408
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| Party flag | |
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| Website | |
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The People's Party – Our Slovakia (Slovak: Ľudová strana – Naše Slovensko, ĽSNS), since November 2015 officially known as Kotleba – People's Party Our Slovakia (Kotleba – Ľudová strana Naše Slovensko), is a far-right political party in Slovakia. The party declares that it builds on the legacy of Dr. Jozef Tiso.
The party's platform includes anti-Roma rhetoric, immigration control, Christian morality, paternalism on economic issues, interest-free national loans, replacement of the euro currency with the Slovak koruna, law and order, rejection of the idea of same-sex civil unions, and criticism of the country's current leadership and foreign policy. The party proposes to reduce the number of parliamentarians from 150 to 100 members, to widen freedom of speech, to establish a home guard, and to withdraw the Slovak military from missions abroad. Moreover, it wants Slovakia to leave the European Union, European Monetary Union and NATO.
The origins of the party are closely related to the nationalist Slovak Togetherness. The members of the movement tried to run in the 2006 elections under the name Slovak Togetherness - National Party, but the party was dissolved by the Supreme Court on grounds of anti-constitutional activities. Instead of founding a whole new party, members of Slovak Togetherness under the leadership of Marian Kotleba entered the tiny Party of Friends of Wine that had existed since 2000, changed its name to People's Party of Social Solidarity in May 2009 and then to People’s Party – Our Slovakia in early 2010. This was done to avoid legal difficulties with registering a new party under this name given that a different party called Our Slovakia already existed.
During the elections of 2016, the party nominated several candidates seen as controversial, such as an ex-singer of neo-Nazi music bands Krátky proces and Juden Mord and a candidate who openly admired Adolf Hitler and promoted Hlinka's historical Slovak People's Party.
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