Democratic Union (Slovakia)
{{Short description|Slovak political party}}
{{Infobox political party
| name = Democratic Union
| colorcode = Yellow
| foundation = 1995
| dissolved = 2000
| merger = Democratic Union of Slovakia, National-Democratic Party
| merged = SDKÚ
| ideology = Liberalism{{Citation |first1=Katarína |last1=Mallok |title=Frauen und politische Macht in der postkommunistischen Slowakei |year=2005 |pages=155 |url=https://publikationen.uni-tuebingen.de/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10900/47352/pdf/dissertation_mallok.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y}}{{cite web|last=Christoph|first=Thanei|date=2002|title=Wahlen zum slowakischen Parlament|website=Konrad Adenauer Stiftung|url=https://www.kas.de/documents/252038/253252/7_dokument_dok_pdf_1054_1.pdf/199c67e7-4678-cab2-e3ce-fd6da955c07b?version=1.0&t=1539668116463|access-date=21 August 2022}}
| position = Centre-right
| country = Slovakia
}}
The Democratic Union ({{langx|sk|Demokratická únia}}, DÚ) was a liberal party in Slovakia.{{Citation |first1=Petr |last1=Kopecky |first2=Peter |last2=Učeň |title=Return to Europe? Patterns of Euroscepticism among the Czech and Slovak political parties |work=The Road to the European Union: The Czech and Slovak Republics |publisher=Manchester University Press |year=2003 |pages=166–167 |isbn=9780719065972 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Djjm6BrTDfgC&dq=democratic+Union+extinct+liberal&pg=PA167}}
History
The party was established on 25 March 1995 by a merger of the Democratic Union of Slovakia and the National Democratic Party, and was led by was Eduard Kukan. In 1998, it joined the Slovak Democratic Coalition,{{Citation |first1=Martin |last1=Bútora |first2=Zóra |last2=Bútorová |first3=Grigorij |last3=Mesežnikov |title=Slovakia's democratic awakening |work=The Road to the European Union: The Czech and Slovak Republics |publisher=Manchester University Press |year=2003 |pages=52 |isbn=9780719065972 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Djjm6BrTDfgC&dq=democratic+Union+extinct+liberal&pg=PA167}} and in 2000, it merged into the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union.{{Citation |first=Paul |last=Hacker |authorlink=Paul Hacker (diplomat) |title=Slovakia on the road to independence |publisher=Penn State Press |year=2010 |page=180 |isbn=978-0271054179 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B-p0oxNxVqEC&dq=democratic+union+slovakia&pg=PA179}}
References
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Category:Defunct political parties in Slovakia
Category:Liberal conservative parties in Slovakia
Category:Liberal parties in Slovakia
Category:Defunct liberal political parties
Category:Political parties established in 1995
Category:Political parties disestablished in 2000