Freedom Movement (Slovenia)

Freedom Movement
Gibanje Svoboda
AbbreviationGS
ChairmanRobert Golob
General SecretaryVesna Vukovič
Vice ChairmanSara Žibrat
Matej Arčon
FounderJure Leben
Robert Golob
Founded8 May 2021 (2021-05-08); 3 years ago (original form)
26 January 2022 (2022-01-26); 2 years ago (current form)
Merger of
Preceded byGreen Actions Party
HeadquartersMiklošičeva ulica 7, Ljubljana
Youth wingFreedom Movement Youth
Membership (2022)Increase 3,000[1]
Ideology
Political positionCentre[6] to centre-left[7]
European Parliament groupRenew Europe
Colours
  •   Blue[a]
National Assembly
41 / 90
European Parliament
2 / 8
Mayors
3 / 212
Municipal council
404 / 2,750
Website
gibanjesvoboda.si

The Freedom Movement (Slovene: Gibanje Svoboda, GS) is a social-liberal political party in Slovenia. It was founded on 26 January 2022, as the successor of the extraparliamentary Green Actions Party (Z.DEJ). At the January congress, Robert Golob was elected as the party's first president and the party received its new identity and name.[8]

In its first parliamentary election, the party placed first, obtaining 41 of the 90 seats in the National Assembly,[9] which is a record for a single party in the history of independent Slovenia. Its chairman Robert Golob subsequently became Prime Minister of Slovenia, heading the Golob Cabinet in coalition with the Social Democrats and The Left.[10] Shortly after the elections, the Party of Alenka Bratušek and List of Marjan Šarec merged with the party.[11][12][13]

  1. ^ "4. Redni kongres stranke Gibanje Svoboda". 10 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Slowenien: Richtungswahl für Europa". Frankfurter Rundschau (in German). 21 April 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  3. ^ Margherita Montanari (22 April 2022). "Far-right Salvini and Orbán agree to create a new EU 'centre-right'". Euractiv. However, the centrist "Freedom Movement" (GS) party currently polls at 24.9%, challenging SDS's pole position in the popular vote.
  4. ^ Tom Zirpoli (4 May 2022). "Democracy holds in Europe, but remains threatened at home". The Baltimore Sun. In Slovenia, the centrist Freedom Movement, led by Robert Golob, won 34% of the vote compared to 24% percent for Jansa.
  5. ^ "Emmanuel Macron remains in charge, says grumpy French electorate". Daily Maverick. 25 April 2022. That is far behind the 34 percent of its main rival, the centrist Freedom Movement, meaning that Mr. Jansa is highly unlikely to keep his post as prime minister.
  6. ^ [3][4][5]
  7. ^ Danica Fink Hafner (2024). Party System Changes and Challenges to Democracy: Slovenia in a Comparative Perspective. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 184. ISBN 978-303-154949-6.
  8. ^ "Z.Dej preimenovan v Gibanje Svoboda, za predsednika izvoljen Robert Golob". RTVSLO (in Slovenian). 26 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Velika zmaga Gibanja Svoboda, v državni zbor še SDS, NSi, SD in Levica". RTVSLO.si.
  10. ^ "Poslanci potrdili novo vladno ekipo". N1 (in Slovenian). 1 June 2022.
  11. ^ "Uradno: strank LMŠ in SAB ne bo več, le še Svoboda". siol.net (in Slovenian). 27 June 2022.
  12. ^ "V LMŠ-ju podprli združitev s stranko Gibanje Svoboda". RTVSLO (in Slovenian). 8 June 2022.
  13. ^ "Gibanje Svoboda podprlo pripojitev LMŠ-ja in SAB-a, o kandidaturi Marte Kos še organi stranke". RTVSLO (in Slovenian). 27 June 2022.


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