Slovak Democratic Coalition

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electoral coalition political alliance

The Slovak Democratic Coalition was a center-right political alliance in Slovakia that united several opposition parties to challenge the authoritarian-leaning government of Vladimír Mečiar in the late 1990s.

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Label	Occurrences
Slovak Democratic Coalition canonical	2

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Target entity: Slovak Democratic Coalition
Context triple: [Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party, formedByMergerOf, Slovak Democratic Coalition]

A. Slovak People's Party
The Slovak People's Party was a clerical-nationalist political party in interwar Czechoslovakia and later the ruling party of the Nazi-aligned Slovak State, led by Catholic priest and politician Jozef Tiso.
B. Civic Democratic Party (Slovakia)
The Civic Democratic Party (Slovakia) is a Slovak centre-right political party historically aligned with the Czech Civic Democratic Party and rooted in liberal-conservative, pro-market principles.
C. Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party
The Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party is a centre-right, pro-European political party in Slovakia that has played a significant role in the country’s post-communist democratic politics.
D. Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic)
The Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic) is a major centre-right, liberal-conservative political party in the Czech Republic, historically associated with Václav Klaus and significant in the country’s post-communist politics.
E. Czech Social Democratic Party
The Czech Social Democratic Party is a major center-left political party in the Czech Republic that advocates social democracy and has historically been one of the country’s leading political forces.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Slovak Democratic Coalition
Target entity description: The Slovak Democratic Coalition was a center-right political alliance in Slovakia that united several opposition parties to challenge the authoritarian-leaning government of Vladimír Mečiar in the late 1990s.

A. Slovak People's Party
The Slovak People's Party was a clerical-nationalist political party in interwar Czechoslovakia and later the ruling party of the Nazi-aligned Slovak State, led by Catholic priest and politician Jozef Tiso.
B. Civic Democratic Party (Slovakia)
The Civic Democratic Party (Slovakia) is a Slovak centre-right political party historically aligned with the Czech Civic Democratic Party and rooted in liberal-conservative, pro-market principles.
C. Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party
The Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party is a centre-right, pro-European political party in Slovakia that has played a significant role in the country’s post-communist democratic politics.
D. Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic)
The Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic) is a major centre-right, liberal-conservative political party in the Czech Republic, historically associated with Václav Klaus and significant in the country’s post-communist politics.
E. Czech Social Democratic Party
The Czech Social Democratic Party is a major center-left political party in the Czech Republic that advocates social democracy and has historically been one of the country’s leading political forces.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (31)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	electoral coalition ⓘ political alliance ⓘ
activeIn	1990s ⓘ
aimedTo	defeat Vladimír Mečiar in parliamentary elections ⓘ
alliedWith	Party of Civic Understanding (in post-1998 government) ⓘ Party of the Hungarian Coalition (in post-1998 government) ⓘ linked to: Party of the Hungarian Coalition
country	Slovakia ⓘ
electoralOutcome	helped end rule of Vladimír Mečiar ⓘ
formedAs	coalition of opposition parties ⓘ
goal	democratic consolidation in Slovakia ⓘ integration of Slovakia into Euro-Atlantic structures ⓘ
historicalContext	post-communist political transformation in Slovakia ⓘ
ideology	centre-right politics ⓘ
language	Slovak ⓘ
memberParty	Christian Democratic Movement ⓘ Democratic Party (Slovakia) ⓘ linked to: Democratic Party of Slovakia Democratic Union (Slovakia) ⓘ Green Party (Slovakia) ⓘ Social Democratic Party of Slovakia ⓘ
notableFor	challenging authoritarian-leaning rule of Vladimír Mečiar ⓘ uniting fragmented opposition in Slovakia ⓘ
opposed	Movement for a Democratic Slovakia government ⓘ Vladimír Mečiar government ⓘ linked to: Vladimír Mečiar
opposedIdeology	authoritarianism ⓘ
participatedIn	1998 Slovak parliamentary election ⓘ
politicalPosition	centre-right ⓘ
politicalSystem	multi-party parliamentary democracy ⓘ
region	Central Europe ⓘ
succeededBy	Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party ⓘ
supported	liberal democracy ⓘ market-oriented reforms ⓘ

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Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party → formedByMergerOf → Slovak Democratic Coalition ⓘ

Mikuláš Dzurinda → memberOf → Slovak Democratic Coalition ⓘ

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