Abbreviation SIEŤ Founder Radoslav Procházka Membership (2016) 1,800 | Leader Roman Brecely Founded 12 June 2014 | |
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Headquarters Bratislava, Slovak Republic | ||
Network (Slovak: Sieť, self-styled #SIEŤ) is a centre to centre-right political party in Slovakia. It was established by Radoslav Procházka, a former member of Christian Democratic Movement (KDH).
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The party was founded by Radoslav Procházka in June 2014, after the 2014 presidential election. NETWORK polled above 10% being second to SMER and was expected to become major centre-right party after 2016 parliamentary election.
The party received only 5.6% of votes and 10 seats in the actual election. The low support of NETWORK was one of many surprises of the election. NETWORK became part of governing coalition led by SMER which led to split in the party and another loss of support and departure of members including 3 MPs. Party fell to 1% in polls. Procházka was replaced by Roman Brecely in August 2016. 5 MPs led by Andrej Hrnčiar then left the party with intention to join Most-Híd. This left SIEŤ with only 2 MPs.
Prime Minister Robert Fico announced on 19 August that SIEŤ ministers will resign and SIEŤ will be integrated into one of other coalition parties. In January 2017, SIEŤ announced that it will be integrated into European Democratic Party. Integration will likely happen in Spring 2017.