Republic Movement

The party was formed on 9 March 2021 by taking over and renaming an already-established political party, Voice of the People (). Before this, the party was led by Peter Marček, and had only 50 members as of 2018. Milan Uhrík became the party's new chairman. Apart from Uhrík, additional former members of the far-right neo-Nazi party ĽSNS joined the newly-renamed party. This included Milan Mazurek, Miroslav Suja, Ondrej Ďurica, and Eduard Kočiš, among others. Marček was kicked out of the party in June 2022. The party accused him of "doing his own politics" without consulting Uhrík. Marček, however, accused them of neo-Nazi tendencies and beliefs, and stated his objections were the primary reason for his firing. As of 2022, the party consists of 1,044 members. == Political positions ==

Political experts consider the party to be radically far-right extremist and right-wing populist. Foreign policy The party and its voter base is hard Eurosceptic and Russophilic. The party's political positions are radically critical of Slovakia's membership in the EU and NATO. The party advocates for the withdrawal of Slovakia out of NATO. It also advocates against sending any and all lethal military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian war, beginning after the Russian invasion. The party supports China's peace plan for the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Uhrík also criticised Israel for civilian casualties in Gaza and the Israeli airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus. Economic policy Uhrík has stated that the party supports moving from direct to indirect forms of taxation. He has described the party as "economically right-wing", contrasting it with the leftist approach of Smer-SD. Social issues The party advocates for complete suspension of government support to all non-governmental organizations, especially ones it describes as "rainbow and Soros' organizations." During the COVID-19 pandemic, the party took a staunch anti-vaccination position and advocated for COVID-19 vaccinations of children to be halted. The party takes a staunch anti-LGBT position. It voted in favor of rejecting the European Parliament’s appeal for the betterment of conditions of LGBT people in Slovakia. It then also voted in favor of a ban on legal gender change. This bill failed, however. The party calls for Slovakia to stop all illegal immigration, even if doing so goes against EU institutions. The party's leader, Uhrík, stated the party has the greatest amount of members in the Slovak Union of Anti-Fascist Campaigners of any party, which the organization rejected. The organization then called the party's representatives fascist in response. 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 members neo-Nazi, homophobic and racist. == Public image ==

Social media The party keeps a strong presence on social media, especially Facebook and TikTok. It is known for the rampant spread of election disinformation, Russian wartime propaganda, and anti-vaccination rhetoric. The party was taken to court over the defamation of infectiologist Peter Sabak via their Facebook profile. The party lost the case and was ordered to pay €15,000 for the immaterial damage caused, as well as offer a public apology. International Relations On 30 April 2023, Republic organised a joint declaration with Confederation of the Polish Crown (KKP), Alternative for Germany (AfD), Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD), Vlaams Belang, Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) and Som Catalans. On 26 July 2023, Republic took part in a conference organised by AUR in Bucharest. On 12 April 2024, Republic signed the 'Sofia Declaration', organised by the Bulgarian Revival party. On 10 July 2024, Republic MEP Uhrík joined the Europe of Sovereign Nations group 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, Our Homeland Movement, New Hope, Reconquête and the People and Justice Union. Relationship with neo-Nazi groups The founding members of the party, including the leader, Uhrík, defected from the far-right neo-Nazi party ĽSNS in order to found the party. In 2016, he posted a Facebook statement asserting the Holocaust was a "lie and fairy tale". The post was then investigated by the police, as Holocaust denial is outlawed in Slovakia. ==Election results==

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