March: Liberals around the economist Richard Sulík established the Freedom and Solidarity (Sloboda a Solidarita), which is the ideological successor of the Alliance of the New Citizen 2009, August: NÁDEJ dissolves 2013: LIGA renames itself to DIRECT DEMOCRACY, becomes an eurosceptic and separates from their liberal roots Other parties 2009: European Democratic Party (EURÓPSKA DEMOKRATICKÁ STRANA) was formed 2016–17: Liberals founded Progressive Slovakia (Progresívne Slovensko) See also History of Slovakia Politics of Slovakia List of political parties in Slovakia Slovakia Political history of Slovakia