A change of direction: The 2006 parliamentary elections and party politics in Slovakia

Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 232-255

  Haughton, Tim ^a   Rybár, Marek ^a  

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EID: 43149087563     PISSN: 13523279     EISSN: 17439116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13523270802003053     Document Type: Article

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11. Among the themes prominent in the 'other' category were energy, transport and sport.
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19. 'DS' was added to the party's name when the non-parliamentary Democratic Party fused with SDKÚ in January 2006.
20. The party's call for more state subsidies and redistribution in favour of less-developed regions placed it clearly to the left of other members of the coalition: See Tim Haughton and Marek Rybář, 'All Right Now? Explaining the Successes and Failures of the Slovak Centre-Right', Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, Vol.20, No.3 (2004), pp.115-32 (p.116).
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29. For example, Fico's, speech at Smer-SD rally, Čadca, 3 June 2006.
30. Trend, 8 June 2006, pp.26-7.
31. Henderson, 'Europe and the Slovak Parliamentary Election of June 2006', and Týždeň , 5 June 2006, p.26.
32. She also received the largest number of preference votes, outperforming both Dzurinda and Mikloš.
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34. SMER-sociálna demokracia, Smerom k l'ud'om, Election Manifesto, 2006, pp.2-3.
35. See, for example, Nový Čas, 16 June 2006, p.53.
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37. Fico, 'Rationale for a New Political Party'.
38. Haughton, '"We'll Finish What We've Started"'.
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55. Ibid., p.5.
56. Krivý, 'Vol'by v roku 2006'.
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58. Alliance Nového Občana, Moderná spoločnosť, Election Manifesto, 2006.
59. Ibid., pp.13-14.
60. KDH, Za slušný život na Slovensku, Election Manifesto, 2006, p.13.
61. SDKÚ -DS, Ide o úspešné Slovensko: Volebný program SDKÚ -DS 2006, Election Manifesto, 2006, pp.39-40.
62. SNS, Sme Slováci, p.6.
63. Slobodné Fórum, Volebný program SF, Election Manifesto, 2006, p.14.
64. SMK, Volebný program 2006-2010, p.60.
65. KSS, Životné istoty a úctu občanom, p.9
66. L'udová strana-HZDS, Programový dokument pre parlamentné vol'by 2006, Election Manifesto, 2006, pp.1, 5
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68. and SMK, Volebný program 2006-2010, p.30.
69. See, for example, SMER-sociálna demokracia, Smerom k l'ud'om, p.1.
70. See, for example, SMK, Volebný program 2006-2010, p.50.
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74. SME, 30 June 2006, p.2.
75. Henderson, 'Slovak Political Parties and the EU', p.146.
76. Haughton, '"We'll Finish What We've Started"'; and Pridham, 'The Slovak Parliamentary Election of September 2002'.