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Hlas – sociálna demokracia
Placement: Center-left
Voice – Social Democracy, the centre-left party founded in 2020 as a split from Smer by Peter Pellegrini, now president of the republic, and led by Interior Minister Matúš Šutaj Eštok. In government with Fico since 2023: welfare, public order and policing, no to EU migration quotas, and remaining in the EU and NATO.
In short
On the traditional scale, Hlas – sociálna demokracia sits in the center-left camp. The clearest positions are on immigration: fairly towards “control”; state: fairly towards “authority”; economy: slightly towards “equality”; society: slightly towards “tradition”. On sovereignty, religion, democracy, method and devolution it stays balanced. Among ideologies, the closest is social conservatism (90%).
Position on the 13 axes
Closest ideologies
Social conservatismThe Guardian of the Family90%PostliberalismThe Community Keeper88%CommunitarianismThe Good Neighbor87%Similar parties
AontúIreland95%
ANOCzech Republic92%
Smer – sociálna demokraciaSlovakia91%
Lietuvos valstiečių ir žaliųjų sąjungaLithuania91%Closest figures
Positions are estimates based on documented ideas, platforms and actions, updated to October 2026.