Netradičná koaličná „spolupráca“. Dobová tlač o ľudákoch a slovenských agrárnikoch v rokoch 1927 – 1929
Unusual Coalition “Cooperation”; On Contemporary Articles Concerning the Ludaks and the Slovak Agrarians in 1927 – 1929

Summary/Abstract: The presented paper focuses on the period of common existence of the Ludaks (Hlinka's People's Party) and the Agrarians (Agrarian Party) in the governing coalition in 1927 – 1929. On the one hand, this period is characterised by persistent mutual mistrust and rivalry, on the other hand by the interest in a potential cooperation in the National Assembly. The paper focuses on the response of the press to the local and provincial elections held in 1927 and 1928, as well as on the relations between the parties on the background of culminating internal party crises (in the Agrarian Party in the context of the dispute between V. Šrobár and M. Hodža and in Hlinka’s People’s Party in connection with the political court case involving V. Tuka, and protest manifestations of F. Tománek and F. Juriga). The paper is concluded with an analysis of the relations within the context of parliamentary elections in 1929, the campaign that preceded them, and the consequences ensuing from them.The personal ambitions of party leaders, their characters and the merits they took credit for proved to be a problem and a serious obstacle to possible cooperation, which ultimately turned out to be unsurpassable. Thus, even a brief collaboration in the governing coalition may be characterized as a pragmatic agreement to temporary mutual support while promoting self-interests, without creating a more serious, longer-term impact on seminal areas of social life. Such a state of affairs was manifested, for example, in ministerial positions offered to the Ludaks which were in fact devoid of any decisive influence. The Ludaks had undeniable political influence in Slovakia, and the Agrarians did not want to lose this influence in Prague. This was ultimately crucial in maintaining both the party and personal standing, even with the consequences of the events of autumn 1938.

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