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Republic Movement
Hnutie Republika
ChairpersonMilan Uhrík
Founded9 March 2021(2021-03-09)
Split fromPeople's Party Our Slovakia(ĽSNS)
Preceded byVoice of the People(legal)
HeadquartersNitra
Youth wingMladí Republikáni
Women's wingŽeny v Republike
Membership(2022)Increase1,044(31. 12. 2022)[1]
Ideology
Political position
European Parliament groupEurope of Sovereign Nations
ColoursRed and blue
National Council
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European Parliament
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Website
hnutie-republika.sk

TheRepublic Movement(Slovak:Hnutie Republika) is anextremist[6][7][8][9]far-right[10]political partyinSlovakialed byMilan Uhrík.[11][12]The party is often regarded asneo-fascist[2][13][3][14][4]despite some political experts contesting this description.[6][10]

Founded in March 2021 by Uhrík and other former members of the far-rightneo-NazipartyPeople's Party Our Slovakia(ĽSNS) ofMarian Kotleba,the movement took over and renamed the existing partyVoice of the People(Slovak:Hlas Ľudu) led byPeter Marček,which had only 50 members in 2018. Marček was later kicked out of the party.

Due to the defection of former ĽSNS representatives, the party had five seats in theNational Council of the Slovak Republicbefore the2023 election.Uhrík was elected amember of the European Parliamentfor ĽSNS in 2019.

History

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The party was formed on 9 March 2021 by taking over and renaming an already-established political party,Voice of the People(Slovak:Hlas Ľudu).[15]Before this, the party was led byPeter Marček,and had only 50 members as of 2018.[16]Milan Uhrík became the party's new chairman. Apart from Uhrík, additional former members of thefar-rightneo-NazipartyĽSNSjoined the newly-renamed party. This includedMilan Mazurek,Miroslav Suja,Ondrej Ďurica, and Eduard Kočiš, among others.

Marček was kicked out of the party in June 2022.[17]The party accused him of "doing his own politics" without consulting Uhrík. Marček, however, accused them ofneo-Nazitendencies and beliefs, and stated his objections were the primary reason for his firing. As of 2022, the party consists of 1,044 members.[18]

Political positions

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Political expertsconsider the party to beradicallyfar-rightextremistandright-wing populist.[6][7][10]The party is generally described asneo-fascistby somenews publications,[2][3][4]but some political experts contest this description.[6][10]

Foreign policy

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The party's voter-base is highlyEurosceptic[19]andRussophilic.[20]The party's political positions are radically critical of Slovakia's membership in theEUandNATO.[6]

The party advocates for the withdrawal of Slovakia out ofNATO.[21]It also advocates against sending any and all lethal military aid toUkraineduring theRusso-Ukrainian war,beginning after theRussian invasion.[22]

Uhrík supported a ceasefire during the2023 Israel–Hamas War,describing an independent Palestinian state as the only long-term solution to theIsrael–Palestine conflict.However, he suggested that this state should be the culmination of the peace process rather than the beginning, to avoid the Palestinians making additional demands from the Israeli side.[23]

Social issues

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The party advocates for complete suspension of government support to allnon-governmental organizations,especially ones it describes as "rainbowandSoros' organizations."[24]

During theCOVID-19 pandemic,the party took a staunch anti-vaccination position and advocated forCOVID-19 vaccinationsof children to be halted.[25]

The party takes a staunchanti-LGBTposition. It voted in favor of rejecting theEuropean Parliament’s appeal for the betterment ofconditions of LGBT people in Slovakia.[26][27]It then also voted in favor of a ban onlegal gender change.This bill failed, however.[28]

The party's leader, Uhrík, stated the party has the greatest amount of members in theSlovak Union of Anti-Fascist Campaignersof any party, which the organization rejected. The organization then called the party's representativesfascistin response.[2]Later, after Uhrík published a photo of him alongside the organization's president, the organization's members protested the move and called the party's membersneo-Nazi,homophobicandracist.[14]

Public image

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Social media

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The party keeps a strong presence on social media, especiallyFacebookandTikTok.[29]It is known for the rampant spread of election disinformation,[30]Russian wartime propaganda,[31]andanti-vaccination rhetoric.[25][32][33]

The party was taken to court over thedefamationof infectiologist Peter Sabak via their Facebook profile.[34]The party lost the case and was ordered to pay €15,000 for the immaterial damage caused, as well as offer a public apology.[35][33]

In June 2023,YouTubeterminated the accounts of multiple party members and accounts associated with the party.[36]

International Relations

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On 30 April 2023, Republic organised a joint declaration withConfederation Liberty and Independence,Alternative for Germany(AfD),Freedom and Direct Democracy(SPD),Vlaams Belang,Alliance for the Union of Romanians(AUR) andSom Catalans.[37]

On 26 July 2023, Republic took part in a conference organised by AUR inBucharest.[38]

On 12 April 2024, Republic signed the 'Sofia Declaration', organised by the BulgarianRevivalparty.[39]

On 10 July 2024, Republic MEP Uhrík joined theEurope of Sovereign Nationsgroup in the European Parliament as a deputy chair of the group, although the party's other MEP,Milan Mazurek,was excluded. Other members of the group include the AfD, SPD, Revival,New Hope,Reconquête,Our Homeland Movementand thePeople and Justice Union.[40][41]

Relationship with neo-Nazi groups

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The founding members of the party, including the leader, Uhrík, defected from thefar-rightneo-NazipartyĽSNSin order to found the party.[15]

Milan Mazurek,a founding member and the party's vice-chairman, was convicted ofhate speechand thus had his parliamentary seat revoked in 2019.[42]In 2016, he posted a Facebook statementasserting the Holocaust was a "lie and fairy tale".[43]The post was then investigated bythe police,as Holocaust denial isoutlawed in Slovakia.[43]

Ondrej Ďurica, another founding member and vice-chairman, used to be a frontman for a Slovak neo-NazibandtitledWhite Resistance(Slovak:Biely odpor).[44][45]

Election results

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National Council

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Election Leader Votes % Rank Seats +/– Status
2023 Milan Uhrík 141,099
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European Parliament

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Election Group Leader Votes % Seats +/–
2024 None Milan Uhrík 185,137 12.53% (#3)
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References

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  44. ^Osvaldová, Lucia (2023-08-24)."Uhríkov ťažký týždeň: málo ľudí na mítingu, koncert neonacistu Ďuricu a odhalenie, že bol mládežníkom v SDKÚ".Denník N(in Slovak).Retrieved2023-08-24.Bývalý profesionálny vojak, ktorý v mladosti spieval s neonacistickou kapelou Biely odpor.
  45. ^Osvaldová, Lucia (2023-08-08)."Mazurek chce opäť robiť poriadok v osadách. O obce, kde pred štyrmi rokmi pochodoval, sa už nezaujímal".Denník N(in Slovak).Retrieved2023-08-24.Návrh uznesenia podal poslanec Republiky Ondrej Ďurica, ktorý bol v minulosti frontmanom neonacistickej kapely Biely odpor.
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