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Urbani Presents New Party, Hopes to Get Into Parliament
Thursday 11 February 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, February 11 (TASR) - Independent MP Milan Urbani, who was ousted from the coalition LS-HZDS party in December 2009, announced at a press conference on Thursday that he is the chair of a new centrist party called the Alliance for a Europe of Nations (AZEN), which has been active for around six months.
Urbani said that the aim of the party is to improve the political and entrepreneurial culture in society and to get into Parliament in the elections in June.
"It's not a disposable party. We have several dozen members and countless numbers of sympathisers," said Urbani, who declined to respond when asked whether MP Zdenka Kramplova, who was also ousted from HZDS in late 2009, plans to join the new party.
Urbani said that he doesn't reject co-operation with any parties with similar programmes, including the main governing Smer-SD party. He further stated that AZEN has adopted both leftist and rightist ideas, such as the social dimension of politics on one side, and support for small and medium-sized enterprises on the other.
As for foreign policy, AZEN will make economic diplomacy its priority, said Urbani.
Urbani was expelled from HZDS in December, following allegations that he was engaged in building up the structures of the European Democratic Party (EDS). Urbani denied any involvement in EDS.
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