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Christian Union Kresťanská únia Abbreviation KÚ Leader Milan Krajniak Founder Tomáš Černý Founded 8 February 2019; 7 years ago (2019-02-08) (Christian Union) Registered 27 August 1998; 27 years ago (1998-08-27) (Independent Forum) Split from Christian Democratic Movement Headquarters Sládkovičova 11, Bratislava-Staré Mesto Membership (2023) 65 [1] Ideology Christian right National conservatism Social conservatism Political position Right-wing European affiliation European Christian Political Party Colours Blue National Council 2 / 150 European Parliament 0 / 15 Website krestanskaunia.sk Politics of Slovakia Political parties Elections

The **Christian Union** ([Slovak](/source/Slovak_language): *Kresťanská únia*, **KÚ**), previously **Independent Forum** (Slovak: *Nezávislé fórum*) from 1998 to 2019, is a Slovak [right-wing](/source/Right-wing_politics) [conservative](/source/Conservatism) political party.[2][3] The chairwoman of the party since 2019 was [Anna Záborská](/source/Anna_Z%C3%A1borsk%C3%A1). At present, it has five deputies of the [National Council of the Slovak Republic](/source/National_Council_of_the_Slovak_Republic), elected on the candidate of the party [OĽANO](/source/Ordinary_People_and_Independent_Personalities)-[NOVA](/source/NOVA_(Slovakia))-KÚ-ZZ.[4]

## Foundation and history

### Christian Union

#### Transformation of NF to KÚ, elections to EP 2019 and NR SR 2020

On 8 February 2019, the party was renamed (registered on 27 August 1998), when on 7 January 2019, the statute and seat of this party changed and on February 8, 2019, it was renamed to the current name Christian Union. This transformation of this entity de facto created a new party, but de jure not[5] This step, as the fragmentation of Christian forces and the promotion of Záborská's personal ambitions, was criticized by the chairman of [KDH](/source/Christian_Democratic_Movement), Alojz Hlina.[6] The founders did so so that they could avoid collecting 10,000 signatures to form a new political party.

In the [2019 European Parliament election](/source/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_Slovakia), the party won 3.85% of the vote and did not win any seats.

After the elections, the need to unite Christian political forces with [KDH](/source/Christian_Democratic_Movement) or [KDŽP](/source/KD%C5%BDP_%E2%80%93_Alliance_for_Slovakia) was discussed. In the end, the merger did not take place in the autumn of 2019, as President Alojz Hlina offered the Christian Union only 2 seats as a KDH candidate.[7] On the contrary, the KU came closer to the OĽANO movement, on whose candidate list [OĽaNO](/source/O%C4%BDaNO) in the parliamentary elections 19 candidates for the KÚ ran, while its chairwoman [Anna Záborská](/source/Anna_Z%C3%A1borsk%C3%A1) ran from 4th place.[8] [NOVA](/source/NOVA_(Slovakia)) and Zmena Zdola did the same with [OĽaNO](/source/O%C4%BDaNO) in order to avoid an increased clause for electoral coalitions.[9]

[OĽaNO](/source/O%C4%BDaNO), together with the KÚ, also offered the pre-election procedure to the [KDH](/source/Christian_Democratic_Movement), to which it offered half the seats on the candidate and, after the elections, its own parliamentary club. [KDH](/source/Christian_Democratic_Movement) rejected this offer.[10]

#### Election period 2020–2024

In the [parliamentary elections in February 2020](/source/2020_Slovak_parliamentary_election), OĽANO-NOVA-KÚ-ZZ party became the winner of the parliamentary elections, which so far only the [Smer-SD](/source/Smer-SD) and [HZDS](/source/HZDS) parties have succeeded in Slovakia.[11][*[circular reference](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Wikipedia_and_sources_that_mirror_or_use_it)*] Five members of the Christian Union were elected as deputies.[12]

## KÚ Politicians

### Party leadership

- [Milan Krajniak](/source/Milan_Krajniak) – Chairman

### Other KÚ politicians

- [Anna Záborská](/source/Anna_Z%C3%A1borsk%C3%A1)

- Richard Vašečka[5]

- Branislav Škripek

- Ján Szőllős[13]

- Katarína Hatráková[14]

- Radovan Marcinčin[15]

## Election results

### National Council

Election Leader Votes % Rank Seats +/– Status 2020 Igor Matovič[a] 721,166 25.03 1st 5 / 150 OĽaNO–SR–SaS–ZĽ (2020–2022) OĽaNO–SR–ZĽ (2022–2023) As a part of the OĽaNO–KÚ–NOVA–ZZ list, which won 53 seats in total. 2023 Igor Matovič 264,137 8.9 4th 2 / 150 3 Opposition Running in coalition with the OĽaNO and For the People, which won 16 seats in total.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** Igor Matovič of OĽaNO served as OĽaNO–KÚ–NOVA–ZZ electoral leader while Anna Záborská served as chairwoman of Christian Union.

### European Parliament

Election List leader Votes % Rank Seats +/– EP Group 2019 Unclear 37,974 3.85 9th 0 / 14 New – 2024 Milan Krajniak 9,313 0.63 12th 0 / 15 0

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Výročná správa politickej správy Kresťanská únia za rok 2023"](https://www.minv.sk/swift_data/source/statna_komisia_pre_volby/30_annual_report/ar2023/VS23_KU.pdf) (PDF). *[Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic](/source/Ministry_of_Interior_of_the_Slovak_Republic)* (document) (in Slovak). 30 April 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-postoj3_2-0)** Rábara, Pavol (18 February 2019). ["Nová strana Záborskej a Škripeka sa bude volať Kresťanská únia"](https://www.postoj.sk/40710/nova-strana-zaborskej-a-skripeka-sa-bude-volat-krestanska-unia). *Denník Postoj*. Bratislava: Postoy. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [1336-720X](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1336-720X). Retrieved 18 February 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Kresťanská únia"](https://krestanskaunia.sk/) (in Slovak). Kresťanská únia. Retrieved 28 February 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Kresťanská únia"](https://krestanskaunia.sk). krestanskaunia.sk.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-postoj_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-postoj_5-1) ["Nová strana Záborskej a Škripeka sa bude volať Kresťanská únia"](https://www.postoj.sk/40710/nova-strana-zaborskej-a-skripeka-sa-bude-volat-krestanska-unia). Postoy. 18 February 2019. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [1336-720X](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1336-720X).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Čo majú spoločné pani Keltošová, pani Záborská, pán Škripek a pán Vašečka?"](https://blog.postoj.sk/40890/co-maju-spolocne-pani-keltosova-pani-zaborska-pan-skripek-a-pan-vasecka). Postoj Media. 23 February 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Záborská ani Vašečka sa s KDH nedohodli"](https://www.tyzden.sk/politika/58654/zaborska-ani-vasecka-sa-s-kdh-nedohodli/) (in Slovak). .týždeň - iný pohľad na spoločnosť. 19 September 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["OBYČAJNÍ ĽUDIA a nezávislé osobnosti"](https://www.obycajniludia.sk/aktualita/olano-sa-dohodlo-s-krestanskou-uniou-ku-na-spolocnom-postupe-vo-volbach-k-spolupraci-pozyvaju-aj-kdh/) (in Slovak). 22 October 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Kandidátka OĽaNO"](https://www.scribd.com/document/438064244/Kandidatka-O%C4%BDaNO). scribd.com.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Matovič ponúkol miesto na kandidátke KDH. Hlina ho odmietol a uviedol aj dôvod"](https://www.noviny.sk/politika/480382-matovic-ponukol-miesto-na-kandidatke-kdh-hlina-ho-odmietol-a-uviedol-aj-dovod). www.noviny.sk. 25 October 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["OBYČAJNÍ ĽUDIA a nezávislé osobnosti (OĽANO), NOVA, Kresťanská únia (KÚ), ZMENA ZDOLA – Wikipédia"](https://sk.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/OBY%C4%8CAJN%C3%8D_%C4%BDUDIA_a_nez%C3%A1visl%C3%A9_osobnosti_(O%C4%BDANO),_NOVA,_Kres%C5%A5ansk%C3%A1_%C3%BAnia_(K%C3%9A),_ZMENA_ZDOLA). sk.m.wikipedia.org.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["Bodka za voľbami"](https://blog.postoj.sk/54289/bodka-za-volbami) (in Slovak). blog.postoj.sk.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["RNDR. MGR. Ján Szőllős, CSC"](https://krestanskaunia.sk/kandidat/jan-szollos/).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** ["PhDr. Katarína Hatráková"](https://web.archive.org/web/20211217232528/https://krestanskaunia.sk/kandidat/katarina-hatrakova/). Archived from [the original](https://krestanskaunia.sk/kandidat/katarina-hatrakova/) on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** ["MGR. Radovan Marcinčin"](https://krestanskaunia.sk/kandidat/radovan-marcincin/).

## External links

- [Official Page](http://krestanskaunia.sk)

- [Christian Union in the register of parties of the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic](http://ives.minv.sk/rez/registre/pages/detailps.aspx?id=153164)

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v t e European Christian Political Party National parties Member parties (EU) CPÖ VIA AUF & PBC, FAMILIE Jobbik HDA IDeA SV, LPV LKDP, KS ABBA CU, SGP UPR, PR PPM UDSCR, PNȚ-CD, PNCR KÚ Mas, Valores KV Associated parties (non-EU) EVP Presidents Peeter Võsu Peter Östman Branislav Škripek Valeriu Ghileţchi Associate organisations European Christian Political Youth European political foundation: Sallux

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