Slovakia voted for its novel Parliament as well as the results are interesting. The turnout was 60%. Prime government minister Robert Fico's Smer (Direction), the moderate social democratic party, won amongst 28.3% of the votes. That's a clear victory inwards comparing amongst the other parties – the minute i had 12.1% – but a pregnant decrease from the terminal elections.
Eight or nine parties accept made it higher upward the 5% threshold needed to sit down inwards the Parliament; the traditional Christian Democratic Movement is unopen to 4.9% afterward 99.8% of votes accept been counted as well as its chances to limit higher upward 5.0% accept shrunk considerably.
But what I discovery remarkable is the almost consummate authorization of relatively novel parties – as well as indeed, relatively immature politicians, too. With all the modern names of the parties, it truly isn't slowly to keep one's agreement of the Slovak political spectrum.
The altitude 10 parties higher upward 3% (recall that 5% is needed to last represented) as well as the number of lawmakers inwards the novel Parliament (the full is 150) are:
- 28.3%, 49, Smer/direction social democracy, Fico
- 12.1%, 22, SaS/freedom as well as solidarity, Sulík
- 11.0%, 19, Oľano+Nova/Ordinary citizen, Matovič
- 8.6%, 15, SNS/Slovak National Party, Danko
- 8.1%, 14, ĽSNS/fascists, Kotleba
- 6.6%, 11, SMErodina/We Are Family, Kollár
- 6.5%, 11, Most/Híd/Bridge, Bugár
- 5.6%, 9, #Sieť/#Network, Procházka etc.
- 4.9%, 0, KDH/Christian Democratic Movement, Fígeľ
- 4.0%, 0, SMK-MKP, regionally restricted Hungarian Party, Berényi
(The Slovak National Party was a major strength accelerating the dissolution of Czechoslovakia. It was missing inwards the Parliament inwards recent years but it has returned, amongst 8.6% of votes. That was the minute resusscitation of the party.)
All the other parties are new, unremarkably real new, as well as most of their leaders are truly inwards their 40s.
Smer/direction social commonwealth of Robert Fico was founded inwards 1999 as well as he is 51. He won the 4th elections inwards a row but lost his majority. Richard Sulík, the boss of the Libertarian Party SaS #2 inwards the listing that has achieved this incredible result, is 48 as well as the political party was established inwards 2009. Matovič's "Ordinary citizens as well as independent personalities" is boasting to last a middle correct political party accumulating "experts". The political party was founded inwards 2011 as well as the boss is 42.
Worryingly, ĽSNS of Mr Kotleba, was founded inwards 2000. The leader is simply 38+ years old. This quondam high schoolhouse instructor of gyms looks similar Dmitry Yarosh inwards Ukraine as well as his politics seems similar, too. He is using the greetings from the Slovak fascist province as well as wants to suppress the "gypsy as well as other parasites", amid other things. His 8% inwards the polls is a lot. However, amid voters betwixt eighteen as well as 21 years of age, this fascist governor of the fundamental Slovakia portion got a staggering 23%.
The We Are Family Movement is rather novel as well as led yesteryear Boris Kollár, an entrepreneur inwards bulk publishing manufacture who is 50. He's proud well-nigh beingness an entrepreneur already during communism. He earned his starting fourth dimension "big cash" yesteryear buying a calculator inwards FRG inwards the 1980s as well as selling it inwards Slovakia for much more. I would dear to know what he calls "big cash". He has nine kids amongst viii different mothers. This is what you lot accept to plough over if you lot desire to constitute a motility called "We Are Family" that defines the protection of families equally the major number as well as gets 6.6% inwards the polls. ;-) Imagine how such a candidate would fare inwards America.
The #Network political party also claims to last middle correct as well as was founded inwards 2014. The boss is a 44-year-old scholar of a sort.
As far equally I tin give the sack see, Fico's Direction is the exclusively Parliamentary political party amid the viii or nine that could last considered left-wing. Slovaks accept at to the lowest degree 2 parties amongst rigid nostalgia connected to the Slovak fascist province which is bizarre. But dissimilar the Czechs where the communist political party never ends below 10%, Slovaks accept completely gotten rid of this "ideologically clean" anachronism.
The voters accept been attracted to diverse novel parties amongst apolitically sounding names as well as their apparent lack of ideological underpinnings may hold off worrisome. But it may last simply the names – the parties may ultimately destination upward beingness readable.
Sulík's Libertarian 12% is an impressive result. In Czechia, the Free Citizen Party (SSO) is arguably the closest counterpart (although Sulík as well as his political party are slightly to a greater extent than moderate Euroskeptics than SSO). But SSO exclusively fights for the 3% or 5% threshold. 12% is to a greater extent than than what the "main" right-wing Czech parties, ODS as well as TOP09, are projected to larn these days.
So inwards total, the Slovak political spectrum looks significantly to a greater extent than right-wing than the Czech spectrum (although the latter is a peculiarly fuzzy query because of the ambiguous ideological coloring of Babiš's ANO/Yes).
Fico volition require to a greater extent than of import coalition partners than he needed then far to create a novel government. It's also possible that Slovakia volition accept a Fico-free government, however. H5N1 bulk of the lawmakers inwards the novel Parliament may last said to last unopen plenty to the billionaire president Kiska who could hence appoint "his" government. Kiska claims to last "apolitical" as well as Fico is a social democrat. I know that it may audio surprising but I would belike prefer a novel Fico authorities – mainly because but non exclusively because his attitudes to the migration as well as related issues are already known as well as 100% OK amongst me.