The Social Democratic Alternative (Sociálnodemokratická alternatíva) was a political party

Political party

A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

 in Slovakia

Slovakia

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In 2001 the Party of the Democratic Left

Party of the Democratic Left (Slovakia)

The Party of the Democratic Left was a social-democratic political party in Slovakia from 1990 to 2004.It was founded in 1990, out of the Communist Party of Slovakia....

(SDL) more and more turned away from the Dzurinda-government - the then finance minister Brigita Schmögnerová and other popular politicians from the social-liberal wing of the SDL (like Peter Weiss and Milan Ftáčnik) the SDL to found a "modern, anti-nationalist and anti-populist" party. At the last legislative elections

Elections in Slovakia

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, 20 and 21 September 2002, the party won 1.8% of the popular vote and no seats. It merged with the SMER

Direction - Social Democracy

The party Direction – Social Democracy , often abbreviated to Smer, is a centre-left political party in Slovakia. It is led by Robert Fico, who was Prime Minister from 2006 to 2010. It is the largest party in the National Council, with 62 seats....

party as from January 2005.