Progressive Slovakia

PS currently has 6 MEPs: Ľudovít Ódor (former Prime Minister of Slovakia), Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová (a former journalist), Martin Hojsík, Michal Wiezik (both environmental activists), Ľubica Karvašová, and Lucia Yar.

[5] Štefunko stepped down as the party's leader in 2019 following criticism of his past involvement in business and politics, although the official reasoning for his resignation was due to health issues.

Čaputová first gained fame as a campaigner against a toxic waste dump created by real estate brokers who were connected to the ruling Smer-SD, which led to many commentators describing her as the "Slovak Erin Brockovich".

[9] While campaigning for the presidency, Čaputová focused on the issues of corruption, inflation, justice, the environment, and overhaul of healthcare, and ran on the slogan "stand up to evil".

She stayed silent on the issue of immigration and open borders, which most Slovaks were opposed to, and was the only major candidate not to condemn the Global Compact for Migration.

[12] For the 2020 Slovak parliamentary election, PS signed a cooperation agreement and non-aggression pact with former president Andrej Kiska's extra-parliamentary For the People party and the Christian Democratic Movement.

[35][36] Following the 2023 parliamentary election, in which Progressive Slovakia became the main opposition, the party, under Michal Šimečka's leadership, is making a strategic shift towards a more centrist position.

The inclusion of figures such as Ľudovít Ódor and Ivan Korčok in the leadership reflects a more technocratic and moderate approach, emphasizing PS's pro-European stance and its attempt to expand its base in upcoming elections, including regional and local contests.

Zuzana Čaputová , co-founder and former deputy leader of Progressive Slovakia, became the first country's female president, as well as the youngest president in the history of Slovakia