Zares

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Really — Social Liberals
Zares — socialno-liberalni
0 / 90
European Parliament
0 / 8
Website
http://www.zares.si

Zares – Social Liberals (Slovene: Zares – socialno-liberalni) was a social-liberal[2][3] political party in Slovenia.

Its first president was Gregor Golobič, former Secretary General of the Liberal Democracy of Slovenia and former close advisor to the late Janez Drnovšek, who had previously abandoned active political involvement due to disagreements with his party. Until October 2011, the party was called Zares - New Politics (Zares - nova politika), when the party adopted its current title.[4][5]

The party supported a

Prime Minister Janez Janša. Since 17 November 2007, Zares has been an observer member of the Liberal International,[6] and was also a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE).[7]

History

Zares was founded in 2007 as the result of a split within the Liberal Democracy of Slovenia, when 6 MPs of the

National Assembly, led by former Minister of Economy Matej Lahovnik, left their original party and founded a new parliamentary group. In the 2007 presidential election, the party supported Independent presidential candidate Danilo Türk, who was elected President of Slovenia
.

The party's first election, Zares gathered 9.4% of the vote, gaining 9 parliamentary seats and became the third strongest party in Slovenia. Before the election the party allied itself with the Social Democrats and the Liberal Democracy of Slovenia in an unofficial coalition. From November 2008 till October 2011, Zares was part of the centre-left government led by Social Democrats party president Borut Pahor. At the 2011 Slovenian parliamentary election on 4 December 2011, Zares won 0.65% of the vote, thus not reaching the parliamentary threshold of 4%.[8]

On 15 February 2012 Pavel Gantar got 78% support on party congress and became the new president.[9] After party received only 0.91% of votes in the 2014 European Parliament election, and thus losing the party's European parliament representation, Gantar resigned as party president.[10] He was replaced by Darja Radić as a pro tempore president.[11]

Prominent members

Leaders
Other prominent members
Other prominent former members

Ultra Scandal

In June 2009, Golobič was involved in a so-called Ultra Scandal named after the Slovenian

Nova Ljubljanska Banka (NLB). When the media examined the loans, it came out that Golobič owns 10% of Ultra SUM, a Netherlands-based company which owns 70% of Ultra company. This was a fact that he had withheld from the public during the 2008 general election campaign. Golobič publicly apologized for having misled the public, but refused to resign as the minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology.[15]
The Ultra Scandal was also one of the reasons for the decision of
Brutus-like", that is, treacherous.[17]

External links

References

  1. ^ "Zares sklenil svoj krog « Zares".
  2. ISBN 978-0-7546-7840-3
    . Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  3. ISBN 978-1-136-34039-0
    .
  4. ^ ""Nova politika" se je preimenovala v Zares - socialno-liberalni. Golobiču zaupnica".
  5. ^ "Zares: Novo ime, stari predsednik". 15 October 2011.
  6. ^ "Observer Members - Members - Liberalism". Archived from the original on October 6, 2009. Retrieved July 27, 2009.
  7. ^ "ALDE Party members | ALDE Party". Archived from the original on 2012-11-30. Retrieved 2012-11-30.
  8. ^ "Republic of Slovenia Early Elections for Deputies to the National Assembly 2011: Election results". National Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on January 9, 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  9. ^ a b c RTVSLO.si - Na čelu Zaresa po novem Pavel Gantar
  10. ^ RTVSLO.si - Volitve s čela Zares odnesle tudi Pavla Gantarja
  11. ^ Dnevnik.si Zares začasno vodi Darja Radić
  12. ^ "STA: Economy Minister Lahovnik in Zares Exit (adds)". www.sta.si. Archived from the original on 2012-03-10.
  13. ^ Slovenskenovice.si - Vse stranke premierke Bratušek in ministra Jakiča
  14. ^ Siol.net - V živo: Ivan Vogrin za mandatarja predlaga Dušana Radonjiča
  15. ^ Slovenia Times article Archived June 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine - July edition, page 6 - retrieved 2009-07-14
  16. ^ "Lahovnik in Pahor odgovore prelagata na četrtek :: Prvi interaktivni multimedijski portal, MMC RTV Slovenija". Rtvslovenija.si. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
  17. ^ "Golobič zanika konflikt interesov: Lahovnik ravnal brutalno in brutovsko :: Prvi interaktivni multimedijski portal, MMC RTV Slovenija". Rtvslovenija.si. 2010-04-14. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zares&oldid=1105545992"
This page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article: Zares. Articles is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license; additional terms may apply.Privacy Policy