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'''Christian Democratic Movement''' (Slovak: ''Kresťanskodemokratické hnutie'', abbreviation ''KDH'') is a [[Christian democratic]] center-right parliamentary political party in [[Slovakia]], a member of the [[European People's Party]].

'''Christian Democratic Movement''' (Slovak: ''Kresťanskodemokratické hnutie'', abbreviation ''KDH'') is a [[Christian democratic]] center-right parliamentary political party in [[Slovakia]], a member of the [[establishment]]-[[liberal]] [[European People's Party]].

It was one of the first parties formed after fall of the [[communist]] regime in [[Czechoslovakia]]. Formed in Nitra on February 22, 1990 by Ján Čarnogurský, a [[Catholic]] dissident lawyer, Christian Democratic Movement aimed at bringing Christian and democratic values into Slovak politics. Its program has generally remained unchanged since its creation.<ref>[https://books.google.sk/books?id=wzefAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA77 Christian Democratic Movemenet/Kresťanskodemokratické hnutie (KDH)]. In Kirschbaum, Stanislav J. ''Historical dictionary of Slovakia''. 3rd ed. Lanham, MD; Toronto; Plymouth : The Scarecrow Press, 2014. ISBN 978-0-8108-8029-0, p. 77</ref> Party's political positions can be characterized as a [[conservative]] on social issues (especially in regards to church-state relations, [[abortion]] and [[Homosexual rights advocacy|gay rights]]) and centre-right on economic issues, while remaining centrist and center-left approach to family policy (maternity benefits, marriage and housing support etc.).

It was one of the first parties formed after the fall of the [[communist]] regime in [[Czechoslovakia]]. Formed in Nitra on February 22, 1990, by Ján Čarnogurský, a [[Catholic]] dissident lawyer, Christian Democratic Movement aimed at bringing Christian and democratic values into Slovak politics. Its program has generally remained unchanged since its creation.<ref>[https://books.google.sk/books?id=wzefAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA77 Christian Democratic Movemenet/Kresťanskodemokratické hnutie (KDH)]. In Kirschbaum, Stanislav J. ''Historical dictionary of Slovakia''. 3rd ed. Lanham, MD; Toronto; Plymouth : The Scarecrow Press, 2014. ISBN 978-0-8108-8029-0, p. 77</ref> Party's political positions can be characterized as a [[conservative]] on social issues (especially in regards to church-state relations, [[abortion]] and [[Homosexual rights advocacy|gay rights]]) and centre-right on economic issues, while remaining centrist and center-left approach to family policy (maternity benefits, marriage and housing support etc.).

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