Editing Politics of Slovakia (section)

===Political parties===
{{Further|List of political parties in Slovakia}}
The Slovak political scene supports a wide spectrum of political parties including the communists ([[Communist Party of Slovakia|KSS]]) and the nationalists ([[Slovak National Party|SNS]]). New parties arise and old parties cease to exist or merge at a frequent rate. Major parties are members of the [[European political party|European political parties]]. Some parties have regional strongholds, for example [[Party of the Hungarian Coalition|SMK]] is supported mainly by the [[Hungarians in Slovakia|Hungarian]] minority living in southern Slovakia. Although the main political cleavage in the 1990s concerned the somewhat authoritarian policy of [[HZDS]], the left-right conflict over economic reforms (principally between [[Direction - Social Democracy]] and [[Slovak Democratic and Christian Union - Democratic Party]]) has recently become the dominant power in Slovakia's politics.