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SLOVAKIA: Fico says 4-party government may be in place next week

18 March 2016

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"Slovakia’s ruling centre-left party Smer, and three small centrist and nationalist parties, have drafted a coalition agreement, and a new government could be installed by the middle of next week, Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Thursday (17 March).

Fico’s party won the most votes in the 5 March election, but lost its overall majority, threatening instability before Bratislava takes over the rotating presidency of the crisis-ridden European Union in the second half of this year."

See the article: Fico says 4-party government may be in place next week (EurActiv, link)

Background: Slovak far-right makes spectacular gains on fear of migrants (The Times of Israel, link): "A Slovak extreme right nationalist party made spectacular gains in weekend elections thanks to anti-migrant sentiment in the EU member state and Prime Minister Robert Fico’s decision to tap into it on the campaign trail, analysts say."

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