Everyone should pay the same rate of income tax, whatever they earn.
Against
Estimated position
What does Hnutie SLOVENSKO propose?
Hnutie Slovensko (Slovakia Movement) is the movement Igor Matovič founded in 2011 and still leads; until 2023 it was known as OĽaNO (Ordinary People and Independent Personalities). It won the 2020 election on an anti-corruption platform and led the government until 2023. In 2023 it won 8.9% and 16 seats on a list that included candidates from Kresťanská únia and Za ľudí. Four MPs elected on that list have since left; its group, shared with Za ľudí, has 12 members.
It is in opposition, and polls in September and October 2026 put it at 8.1–10.7%. Fighting corruption is at its core: it makes restoring the Special Prosecutor's Office and the NAKA police agency, and abolishing lifetime annuities for politicians, conditions for joining a government. It proposes keeping the €200 monthly child benefit for good, electronic voting, including from abroad, a "useful EU and functional NATO" and help for Ukraine; it opposes same-sex marriage and adoption. It has ruled out governing with Smer, Hlas, the SNS or Republika.
Hnutie Slovensko has a documented position on 42 of the 42 test questions, across 12 topics: 23 in favour, 5 in between and 14 against. Take the test to find out how well you match Hnutie Slovensko.
Profile reviewed on 16/10/2026.
💰 Hnutie Slovensko on Economy and taxes
4 questions: 2 in favour, 1 in between and 1 against.
Banks, energy companies and large retail chains should pay a special tax.
In favour
Reasoning: In 2023 it pledged to fund €50 a month for children's sport through higher bank taxes; in government it raised the levy on windfall profits in the energy sector.
The deficit should be reduced by cutting state spending rather than by raising taxes.
In favour
Reasoning: Its manifesto promises to cut central government spending and, if needed, the number of officials; in 2024 its caucus voted against the package that raised VAT and other taxes.
Source: Volebný program OĽANO 2023 „Ty rozhodneš“, s. 96 PDF (D.24 Zodpovedné hospodárenie štátu).
The standard VAT rate should be cut from 23%, even if the state collects less money.
In between
Reasoning: In 2024 its caucus voted against the package that raised standard VAT from 20% to 23% and its leader criticised the rise, but it has not proposed cutting it back.
Source: Hlasovanie NR SR, tlač 483 (konsolidácia verejných financií), 3. 10. 2024.
🛒 Hnutie Slovensko on Cost of living and housing
3 questions: 3 in favour, 0 in between and 0 against.
Strongly in favour
Reasoning: Its 2023 manifesto promises to cap energy prices for households and for companies alike.
Source: Volebný program OĽANO 2023 „Ty rozhodneš“, s. 96 PDF (D.24, opatrenie 12).
The state should hold a majority stake in large energy companies.
In favour
Reasoning: In the 2023 KohoVolit calculator it answered yes to returning strategic monopolies, such as power and gas companies, to the state, without saying how.
The state should cap supermarkets' profit margins on basic foods.
In favour
Reasoning: In 2024 it tabled a bill so that chains may not sell food dearer than in a neighbouring country, as its 2023 manifesto already demanded; it does not mention capping margins.
Source: TASR (teraz.sk), 11. 9. 2024: Hnutie Slovensko: V SR sa za potraviny platí o 50 % viac ako u susedov.
👵 Hnutie Slovensko on Pensions and benefits
4 questions: 2 in favour, 0 in between and 2 against.
Only people with low pensions should receive the 13th pension.
Against
Reasoning: In 2025 its leader published papers that he said showed planned cuts, such as paying the 13th pension only to some pensioners; in 2023 its caucus voted for an extra €300 for all pensioners.
Source: Startitup, 16. 4. 2025: Matovič predstavil „utajované materiály“ ministerstva financií.
The retirement age should keep rising with life expectancy, with no fixed cap.
In favour
Reasoning: Its manifesto criticises past governments for capping the retirement age without knowing how to pay for it, and in 2023 it opposed restoring the cap at 64.
Social and family benefits should be kept, even if taxes have to rise to pay for them.
In favour
Reasoning: It proposes making the €200 monthly child payment permanent and funding other family support with higher bank taxes; in 2026 it is polling on raising child benefit from €60 to €100.
People who are able to work should lose social benefits if they turn down a job or training.
Against
Reasoning: In 2025 its MPs twice voted against the law cutting material-need benefit for people who turn down a suitable job, although its 2023 manifesto called for tougher rules in that case.
Source: Hlasovanie NR SR, tlač 727 (pomoc v hmotnej núdzi), 2. 4. 2025 a 29. 5. 2025.
🏥 Hnutie Slovensko on Healthcare
3 questions: 2 in favour, 0 in between and 1 against.
There should be a single public health insurer instead of several competing ones.
Against
Reasoning: Its manifesto assumes several health insurers competing on supplementary cover, and wants to limit and specially tax their profits rather than merge them.
Source: Volebný program OĽANO 2023 „Ty rozhodneš“, s. 44 PDF (B.9 Zdravotníctvo, opatrenia 136-138).
Patients should be able to pay extra for healthcare above the standard level.
In favour
Reasoning: Its manifesto proposes supplementary insurance for a better hospital room, choice of doctor or hospital and other services, paid only via the insurer and with a guaranteed free basic package.
Source: Volebný program OĽANO 2023 „Ty rozhodneš“, s. 44 PDF (B.9 Zdravotníctvo, opatrenia 134-136).
Slovakia should actively recruit doctors and nurses from abroad.
In favour
Reasoning: In 2023 it answered yes to actively recruiting doctors and nurses from abroad, and its manifesto wants a clear exam so that qualified non-EU health staff stay to work in Slovakia.
🕊️ Hnutie Slovensko on Ukraine and Russia
6 questions: 3 in favour, 1 in between and 2 against.
Slovakia should resume sending state military aid to Ukraine.
Strongly in favour
Reasoning: In 2023 it answered yes to Slovakia supporting Ukraine militarily, which it pushed in government; in 2024 it said the length of the war also depends on our ability to help Ukraine.
Source: Volebná kalkulačka KohoVolit 2023, odpoveď strany; volebný program do EP 2024, s. 7.
The EU should lift its sanctions on Russia.
Strongly against
Reasoning: Its manifesto supports keeping sanctions on Russia to reach a peaceful settlement; in 2025 its caucus did not take part in the vote on the resolution calling to reject new sanctions.
Source: Volebný program OĽANO 2023 „Ty rozhodneš“, s. 82 PDF (C.21 Zahraničná politika, opatrenie 20).
Slovakia should be able to keep buying Russian gas and oil after 2027.
In between
Reasoning: Its manifesto calls for diversifying gas and oil sources, but in 2025 its caucus pointed out that Russia is contractually bound until 2034 to deliver gas to the Slovak border.
Source: TASR (teraz.sk), 4. 3. 2025: Remišová: Nie je problémom SR, akou trasou k nám Rusko dopraví plyn.
Ukraine should be able to join the EU once it meets all the conditions.
Strongly in favour
Reasoning: In 2026 its caucus voted for the parliamentary resolution backing Ukraine's EU accession, which failed; its manifesto supports Ukraine's gradual integration into the EU and NATO.
Source: Hlasovanie NR SR, tlač 995 (vstup Ukrajiny do EÚ), 14. 4. 2026.
Russian assets frozen in the EU should be used to help Ukraine.
In favour
Estimated position
Support for refugees from Ukraine should be cut back.
Against
Reasoning: In 2022, as finance minister, its leader announced support for those housing Ukrainian refugees and said the state would pay whatever it took; no later stance is known.
Source: SITA, 2. 3. 2022: Kto ubytuje utečencov z Ukrajiny, dostane finančný príspevok.
🇪🇺 Hnutie Slovensko on European Union
3 questions: 1 in favour, 0 in between and 2 against.
Against
Reasoning: Its 2024 European manifesto backs keeping Slovakia's veto in the EU, especially in sensitive areas such as culture, taxes, family policy or migration.
Source: Budúcnosť je bezpečná Európa (volebný program do EP 2024), s. 12.
If the EU does not change fundamentally, Slovakia should hold a referendum on whether to stay in it.
Strongly against
Reasoning: In 2025 the movement said Slovakia is a stable and inseparable part of the EU and NATO and condemned a Smer leader for admitting the possibility of leaving them.
Source: TASR (teraz.sk), 18. 1. 2025: Hnutie Slovensko: Výroky T. Gašpara sú nebezpečné pre Slovensko.
The EU should be able to freeze EU funds for countries that do not respect the rule of law.
In favour
Reasoning: In 2022 Peter Pollák, then its MEP and now on its leadership, said of the ruling upholding the link between EU funds and the rule of law that the rules must apply without distinction.
🛡️ Hnutie Slovensko on Defence and NATO
3 questions: 1 in favour, 0 in between and 2 against.
Slovakia should leave NATO and become a militarily neutral country.
Strongly against
Reasoning: Its manifesto sees NATO's collective defence as the main guarantee of Slovakia's security, and in 2023 it answered no to leaving the Alliance.
Source: Volebný program OĽANO 2023 „Ty rozhodneš“, s. 74 PDF (C.19 Obrana).
Slovakia should increase defence spending to meet NATO's new target.
In favour
Estimated position
Slovakia should withdraw from its defence cooperation agreement with the United States.
Strongly against
Reasoning: In 2022, while in government, its MPs voted for the defence cooperation agreement with the US; its manifesto calls the US an important ally and wants more defence cooperation.
Source: Hlasovanie NR SR, tlač 879 (Dohoda o spolupráci v oblasti obrany s USA), 9. 2. 2022.
⚖️ Hnutie Slovensko on Rule of law and democracy
5 questions: 3 in favour, 0 in between and 2 against.
Slovakia should re-establish the Office of the Special Prosecutor to fight corruption.
Strongly in favour
Reasoning: In 2026 it announced it will not join any government unless the Special Prosecutor's Office and NAKA are restored; in 2024 its caucus did not vote for the reform that abolished it.
Source: Hnutie SLOVENSKO, aktualita, 20. 4. 2026: Otázky referenda presadíme ako podmienky vstupu do vlády.
Non-governmental organisations funded from abroad should be subject to stricter state oversight.
Strongly against
Reasoning: In 2025 its caucus voted against the law tightening NGOs' obligations; its manifesto wants to work with them as partners and not treat them as enemies of the state.
Source: Hlasovanie NR SR, tlač 245 (zákon o mimovládnych neziskových organizáciách), 16. 4. 2025.
Against
Reasoning: Its manifesto promises to narrow the Prosecutor General's power to annul final decisions (Section 363) to substantial breaches of the law, as when it was created in 2005, not to scrap it.
Source: Volebný program OĽANO 2023 „Ty rozhodneš“, s. 21 PDF (A.3 Spravodlivosť, opatrenie 18).
In favour
Reasoning: Its manifesto wants to guarantee in the Constitution public broadcasting's financial independence from political power; in 2024 its caucus did not vote for the law creating STVR.
Source: Volebný program OĽANO 2023 „Ty rozhodneš“, s. 63-64 PDF (B.16 Kultúra a médiá, opatrenie 13).
A referendum should be valid even if fewer than half of eligible voters take part.
In favour
Reasoning: Its manifesto proposes a turnout threshold below 50% for referendums on laws, while keeping 50% for removing the president or calling early elections.
Source: Volebný program OĽANO 2023 „Ty rozhodneš“, s. 33 PDF (A.7 Priama demokracia, opatrenie 1).
🤝 Hnutie Slovensko on Values and society
4 questions: 1 in favour, 2 in between and 1 against.
Same-sex couples should be able to register their partnership legally.
Strongly against
Reasoning: In 2023 it answered no to same-sex couples registering their union, and its election pledge rejects marriage and adoption by same-sex couples.
Abortion should be more restricted than it is now.
In between
Reasoning: In 2023 its MPs split on a bill to restrict abortion and most voted against another one from SaS; it rejects widening access but does not propose further limits.
Source: Hlasovanie NR SR, tlač 1369 (novela zákona o umelom prerušení tehotenstva, M. Čepček), 14. 2. 2023.
Ethical issues such as marriage or adoption should be decided only by each country, not by the EU.
In favour
Reasoning: Its European manifesto defends each state's sovereignty on culture, family and ethics; in 2025, however, most of its caucus did not vote for the constitutional reform enshrining it.
Source: Budúcnosť je bezpečná Európa (volebný program do EP 2024), s. 13.
Possessing a small amount of cannabis for personal use should remain a criminal offence.
In between
Reasoning: In 2023 it answered no to legalising cannabis cultivation for personal use, but it has not said whether possessing small amounts should remain a criminal offence.
🗣️ Hnutie Slovensko on Minorities
4 questions: 3 in favour, 1 in between and 0 against.
In between
Estimated position
The 2025 law that makes it a crime to question the Beneš decrees should be repealed.
In favour
Reasoning: In December 2025 half its caucus voted against the criminal code reform punishing questioning of the post-war order; the other half, including its leader, was absent.
Source: Hlasovanie NR SR, tlač 1115 (novela Trestného zákona), 11. 12. 2025.
People who acquire another country's citizenship should be able to keep their Slovak citizenship.
In favour
Reasoning: In 2022 its MPs passed a law letting those living at least 5 years abroad keep Slovak citizenship when taking that country's, and its manifesto would extend it to shorter stays.
Source: Volebný program OĽANO 2023 „Ty rozhodneš“, s. 85-86 PDF (C.22 Slováci v zahraničí).
Strongly in favour
Reasoning: Its manifesto wants compulsory pre-school from age three for disadvantaged children, an end to school segregation and smaller gaps in Roma housing.
Source: Volebný program OĽANO 2023 „Ty rozhodneš“, s. 59 PDF (B.14 Rómska problematika).
🌱 Hnutie Slovensko on Energy and climate
2 questions: 1 in favour, 0 in between and 1 against.
Slovakia should stick to the EU goal of reaching climate neutrality by 2050.
In favour
Reasoning: Its 2023 manifesto aims for carbon neutrality by 2040, earlier than the EU; in 2024 it called for revising the Green Deal so as not to harm the European economy.
Source: Volebný program OĽANO 2023 „Ty rozhodneš“, s. 61 PDF (B.15 Životné prostredie, opatrenie 41).
Sales of new petrol and diesel cars should be banned from 2035.
Strongly against
Reasoning: Its 2024 European manifesto promises to push for scrapping, or at least significantly delaying, the EU ban on combustion-engine cars.
Source: Budúcnosť je bezpečná Európa (volebný program do EP 2024), s. 12.
🌍 Hnutie Slovensko on Migration
1 question: 1 in favour, 0 in between and 0 against.
In favour
Reasoning: Its manifesto wants to better identify which jobs need foreign workers and update the rules for recruiting them efficiently, while tightening control of illegal migration.
Source: Volebný program OĽANO 2023 „Ty rozhodneš“, s. 54 PDF (B.12 Sociálna politika, opatrenie 62).
“Estimated position” means we have inferred it from the party's manifesto and statements as a whole, without a document that states it explicitly. If you know of one, write to us: we will correct it and cite it.
Frequently asked questions about Hnutie Slovensko
Is Hnutie Slovensko a left-wing or right-wing party?
On our political compass, calculated from the party’s positions on the test statements, Hnutie Slovensko is in the centre on the economy (−7) and in the centre on values (−8), on a scale from −100 to +100.
What does Hnutie Slovensko support most strongly?
Hnutie Slovensko fully agrees with these statements:
- The state should cap electricity and gas prices by law for all households, not only for those on lower incomes.
- Slovakia should resume sending state military aid to Ukraine.
- Ukraine should be able to join the EU once it meets all the conditions.
- Slovakia should re-establish the Office of the Special Prosecutor to fight corruption.
- The state should invest more in integrating marginalised Roma communities, for example in pre-school education and housing.
What does Hnutie Slovensko oppose most strongly?
Hnutie Slovensko fully disagrees with these statements:
- The EU should lift its sanctions on Russia.
- If the EU does not change fundamentally, Slovakia should hold a referendum on whether to stay in it.
- Slovakia should leave NATO and become a militarily neutral country.
- Slovakia should withdraw from its defence cooperation agreement with the United States.
- Non-governmental organisations funded from abroad should be subject to stricter state oversight.
- Same-sex couples should be able to register their partnership legally.
Which parties are closest to Hnutie Slovensko?
On the test statements, Hnutie Slovensko is closest to KDH (81% agreement) and furthest from Republika (54%).
Where do these positions come from?
Of the 42 positions, 38 are based on a document (manifesto, National Council vote or public statement) linked next to each statement; 4 are estimates. Last reviewed 16/10/2026.
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