Concretely

Concretely (Slovene: Konkretno) is a liberal political party in Slovenia led by Minister of Economical Development and Techonolgy Zdravko Počivalšek. Founding congress took place on 4 December 2021 in Celje. Concretly is a result of a merger between the Modern Centre Party (SMC) and Economic Activity Party (GAS).

Concretely
Konkretno
PresidentZdravko Počivalšek
FounderZdravko Počivalšek
Alojz Kovšca
Founded4 December 2021
Merger ofSMC
GAS
HeadquartersLjubljana
IdeologyLiberalism
Conservative liberalism
Pro-Europeanism
Political positionCentre
National affiliationLet's Connect Slovenia[1]
Regional affiliationLiberal South East European Network (LIBSEEN)
International affiliationLiberal International
National Assembly
0 / 90
Mayors
2 / 212
Municipal council
91 / 2,750
Website
konkretno.si

History

At Počivalšek's takeover on the lead of the political party in 2019 he announced consolidation of SMC party. On SMC congress on 16 September Počivalšek announced a fusion with GAS, which was led by the president of the National Council of Slovenia, Alojz Kovšca. Delegates of both parties supported the merger, they also announced a merger with a few smaller local parties. GAS made a decision about consolidation in November 2021.

On 4 December 2021, SMC merged with the extra-parliamentary Economic Activity Party.[2] With this, SMC's membership in Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE) was automatically terminated.[3] After the process, newly formed Concretely kept its 5 members of the Parliament.

References
  1. "Skupna lista Povežimo Slovenijo bo gotovo ena najmočnejših list na parlamentarnih volitvah".
  2. "Na združitvenem kongresu SMC-ja in GAS-a nastala stranka Konkretno". Rtvslo.si (in Slovenian). 4 December 2021.
  3. "SMC in GAS postala Konkretno in ostala brez članstva v evropski Alde". 24ur.com (in Slovenian). 4 December 2021.


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